Res Judicata

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="015785a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFBF0" FACE="Arial" ><B>City National Story</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="City National Story"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <I><B>    CityNationalStory.com  -  A true story of judicial corruption</B></I></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="016d2b03.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="unpublisheddec.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Unpublished Decisions"><U><B>Unpublished Decisions</B></U></A></div> <div> One law for one litigant and different law for another litigant is how the "unpublished decisions" rule operates</div> <div> <A HREF="probate.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Probate Courts A Long History of Corru"><U><B>Probate Courts -  A Long History of Corruption</B></U></A></div> <div> Probate Courts have a long, established tradition of corruption</div> <div> <A HREF="spendthrift.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Trusts and Spendthrift Trusts"><U><B>Trusts and Spendthrift Trusts</B></U></A></div> <div> Socialism in capitalist clothing</div> <div> <B>Res Judicata</B></div> <div> Legal Doctrine often thwarts Justice</div> <div> <A HREF="city.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="City National Story Home Page"><U><B>City National Story Home Page</B></U></A></div> <div> Back to City National Story Home Page</div> <div> <A HREF="proper15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pro Per Litigation Society"><U><B>Pro Per Litigation Society</B></U></A></div> <div> Information, Resources & Support re Pro Per Litigation</div> <div> <A HREF="lawreform16.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Law Reform Network"><U><B>Law Reform Network</B></U></A></div> <div> "Our Courts Belong to the Public - Not to the Lawyer Industry"</div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Res Judicata</I></div> <bR> <div> "An adjudicated issue that cannot be relitigated." (The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000, s.v. "Res Judicata").</div> <div>  </div> <div> Res judicata is no friend of real justice. It reduces the courts to being merely dispute-resolution machinery:</div> <bR> <div> “The doctrine of res judicata precludes the parties from showing what is or may be the truth. Why should not the truth prevail? The answer is based on public policy. The interests of the state and of the parties require the putting of an end to controversies.” (Scott, Collateral Estoppel by Judgment, 56 Harvard L.Rev. (1942) 1,1).</div> <bR> <div> In a legal system where the paradigm of litigation is that of seeking truth and justice rather than being a kind of chess match — res judicata doctrine does not exist. </div> <bR> <div> “While the Roman and the English law . . . had no scruples and no difficulty in applying the <U>Res Judicata</U> doctrine, Jewish Law was faced with a serious problem . . . it was aware that public policy demands that once the trial ended and a decision given by a competent court, there should be no further trial on the same matter, otherwise there will never be an end to it. But against this demand stood up another demand . . . Jewish law could not allow that the court should do something untrue, something which would be unjust if all the facts of the case were considered. . . . The function of the Jewish judge was not to end strife and dispute . . ., but to establish the truth. . . . Justice demands that every person should receive what is due to him. The inconvenience and waste of time caused to the court cannot overweigh this demand of justice. Public policy or the good of society had to give way to this powerful demand for justice, which overrides all other considerations.” (Chigier, Judge and Justice in Jewish Law (Jerusalem, Israel, Ariel), p.157-158).</div> <div>  <script language=javascript> var rndURL = (1000*Math.random()); document.write("<scr"+"ipt language=javascr"+"ipt src='http://citynationalstory.com/cgi-scr"+"ipt/csCounter/csCounter.cgi?id=6&js=1'></scr"+"ipt>"); </script>  </div> </td> </tr></table></body>