 The proceedings of Altairian trial defy which tenet of the modern western legal system?
Interplanetary ruling. I've got three million credits sitting in the Terran Consulate on Altair V, just waiting for me to walk in and pick them up. But occasionally a situation arose where the civilization and social practices of the alien victims made it unwise to tamper with them. Altair I had been recognized at once by the Trading Commission as a commercial prize of tremendous value, but early reports had warned of the danger of wildcat trading on the little, musty, jungle-like planet with its shaggy, three-eyed inhabitants—warned specifically against the confidence tactics so frequently used—but there was always somebody, Meyerhoff reflected sourly, who just didn't get the word.
 a defendant is innocent until proven guilty
 a defendant is innocent until proven guilty  a defendant has a right to due process  no warrant shall be issued without just cause  no one shall be subject to self-incrimination