you only have to look at the libel trial to see what a shambles the portuguese courts are
so for AG to criticise a proper justice sysem...and lyall STILL hasnt come up with a better one,...can you
Is it a question of which is better?
There are two distinct systems, Civil Law (based upon Roman Law and developed during the Middle ages throughout most of the European continent where it was applied mainly in the imperial powers such as Portugal and Spain), and Common Law, which developed in England at around the same time and was implanted in America upon its foundation.
Scottish Law has a civil law system and is therefore very similar at root to Portuguese law and the legal systems of much of continental Europe. It also has a number of Norse elements dating from Viking times when the country was invaded by Vikings and many of the Northern provinces belonged to Norway. After the Act of Union, common law became an influence to a certain degree, but the overall system remained entirely distinct from that of England.
Scotland and Portugal are similar therefore in their systems; England is the odd man out in Europe.