Legal systems {accusatorial system}| can accuse people of offenses. Trials are in open courts. Prosecution files complaint against person. Defense answers complaint. Judges' decisions are crucial {legal realism} and can depend on higher authority than written law. Against evidence, custom, majority will, and previous law interpretations, judges can modify law, based on equity and justice.
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