The discussion used the recent public attention focused on three spectacular cases of miscarriages of justice -- the Guildford Four, the Maguires, and the Birmingham Six -- as a starting point to compare the British criminal justice system with those in Scotland, France, Germany, and the Netherlands. The focus of the symposium was to compare the relative merits and disadvantages of the inquisitorial system favored by many European countries with the British common law system which many legal experts are now trying to reform.