Just as society is changing, our legal system needs to change and adapt. We have laws and the legal system to protect our values and beliefs as a society. These laws reflect precedence from the past then apply it to the present and the future. However, the system is deteriorating and so is public confidence. Currently, we have an adversary system.
Parties speak to a jurist directly.
The jurists, societies representatives, are passive and neutral. It boils down to information being at the heart of the adversary system. Just because we have computers and word processing doesn't mean we have to have more information. Expert witnesses are now common place in lawsuits. This only leads to juror bias, not to justice.