Why is the legal system so expensive?

kucuva@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world – 133 points –

Specifically in the USA, but feel free to share your status quo. We live in the internet age, doesn't that cut overhead with filing and make things cheaper?

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Exactly.

Adam Smith, the father of free market capitalism, favored mostly unregulated free markets.

However, in his definition, if the participants cannot choose not to participate, that is NOT a free market and therefore should be regulated.

I think there are lots of opportunities here. Public defends and prosecutors should get the SAME budget per case. Would really change the rigor and depth of defenses.

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