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I'm completely flummoxed by the notion that universities need a private justice system. The potential for abuse is staggering.
As I understand it, they're not justice systems that carry the full legtimacy of the government (they can't put you in prison, for example). It's a system by which they can carry out administrative punishments like community service, suspension, or expulsion. The potential for abuse is certainly there, but calling it a seperate justice system is a tad disingenuous. Most importantly, it seems that the standards for ev…
I'm not seeing what is disingenuous about it. you certainly didn't make an argument backing that statement, and the stories I'm finding of private tribunals with secret charges and no attorneys give me the impression I'm correct. that universities do not also have a private prison system in no way reduces the fact that they do have a private justice system.