abstract
| - Kangaroo Court is a board game seen in "The Short, Quick Summer". It is "just fun and not educational".
- A Kangaroo Court is a sham legal proceeding or court; one that denies due process and fairness in the name of expediency. The outcome of such a trial is essentially decided in advance, (usually for the purpose of providing a conviction), either by going through the motions of manipulated procedure or by allowing no defense at all and overuling all objections. In either case, a Hanging Judge usually presides over the trial in question. This one is unfortunately Truth in Television, especially in countries ruled by dictators, who are fond of putting dissidents through "show trials" as a prelude to execution. The name either started in;
* Texas, during the Gold Rush of 1849, and refers to justice "in leaps," like a Kangaroo.
* Europe, during the colonial era, and refers to courts deporting people en masse to Australia simply to clear backlogs. Compare Joker Jury (which a Kangaroo Court may well have), Jury of the Damned, Trial of the Mystical Jury, and Decoy Trial. If it's the litigants who are making a mockery of the court system rather than those running the proceedings, it's a Courtroom Antic. See also The Scapegoat and Miscarriage of Justice. Examples of Kangaroo Court include:
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