What is Impartiality?
[[File:Eo-scale2.png|thumb|right|200px]] An [[Wikt:essential|essential]] part of any of the world's [[List of national legal systems|legal systems]] is '''impartiality'''.<ref name=CaronBEP>{{cite web |url=http://works.bepress.com/david_caron/131/ |title=The Independence and Impartiality of Legal Systems |author=David D. Caron |publisher=Berkeley Electronic Press |access-date=26 October 2015 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It is important for [[tribunal]]s, [[judge]]s, [[jury|jurie]]s and [[arbitrator]]s to be impartial. It is equally important for the legal systems themselves to be impartial.<ref name=CaronBEP/> == Judges and tribunals == Judges cannot favor one party over another or give more [[wikt:weight|weight]] to one side's [[wikt:claim|claim]]s than the other.<ref name=RooseveltNYT>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/11/03/judges-appearance-of-impartiality/ways-a-judge-should-and-should-not-be-impartial |title=Ways a Judge Should, and Should Not, Be Impartial |author=Kermit Roosevelt |date=3 November 2013 |publisher=The New York Times |access-date=26 October 2015}}</ref> Judges learn about the law from outside the courtroom and before a [[trial]] begins.<ref name=RooseveltNYT/> Because of this a judge may have an opinion regarding the law. When a judge expresses these views he or she is not being impartial.<ref name=RooseveltNYT/> == Juries == In the US legal system, juries are screened and individuals selected by a process called ''[[voir dire]]''.<ref name=DOS>{{cite web |url=http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/article/2009/06/20090609110909msatlovir0.2372248.html#axzz3pdSJm9id |title=U.S. Courts Form Juries to Maintain Impartiality |publisher=U.S. Department of State |access-date=26 October 2015}}</ref> Both the [[prosecution]] and the [[defense (legal)|defense]] question jury candidates before a judge. This is to see if they can remain impartial.<ref name=DOS/> Any person having a personal interest in the outcome of t