There were juries, but they tended - hm - I'm not sure what a good analogy might be? Military tribunals? You might get a jury of fellow soldiers along with the Judges. Though I don't think that's the way the courts work here.
And well, I wouldn't say Ivalice is perfect with women, but - some places definitely let women be politically powerful. Archades definitely favored noble women. And there was a nudity taboo about male chests, which I think is different here. Dalmasca, one of the neighboring areas, did not have said male chest taboo, which got a lot of commentary.
I don't feel like all the nuances are gone as much as the rhythm and the pattern of the words have changed. The rhyming. But - I know I find myself searching sometimes. Noah, in particular, has complained he can't quite find the right nuance when he's trying to talk about something. At home, I always chalked it up to being multilingual and discussing legalistic topics.