Quote Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat View Post
Unlike Britain, France does not have a hereditary class system. Hence nobody has any superiors or inferiors. So everybody is judged by their peers.
Yeah, right. France is stratified by class to at least the same degree as the UK, if not more so. Senior positions are often friends of friends which rather makes a mockery of independence.

Trial by peers was useful when it was based in a village - the peers knew the person's character and past (oddly factors that are currently inadmissable) and crimes were generally simple.

These days many crimes are extremely complex as is the evidence presented Most would not understand the detail - I'm sure outside my field I'd quickly struggle.

I am not convinced that Magistrates on a bench of three is going to result with better outcomes though.