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<p><!-- pencil --><head>Judicial Estab.<lb/> | |||
Judges – Number</head></p> | |||
<p>in that character. The most corrupt tribunal not<lb/> | |||
only in England but perhaps in the known world<lb/> | |||
was that comprized <add>consisting</add> of the 40 <del>or the</del> to 558 members<lb/> | |||
of the House of Commons sitting on Election causes:<lb/> | |||
<del>the respons</del> even the degree of publicity inseparable<lb/> | |||
from the proceedings of such a multitude was insufficient<lb/> | |||
to infuse any tolerable degree of probity<lb/> | |||
into a body <del>whose multitude</del> exempt from the<lb/> | |||
obligation of giving reasons, and whose power shielded<lb/> | |||
them from danger, while their multitude <add>served to</add> harden them<lb/> | |||
against reproach. <del>Thus</del> The habitual <del>depravity</del> <add>injustice iniquity</add> of<lb/> | |||
their decisions was even the professed ground of the<lb/> | |||
sacrifice they <del>made</del> were brought to make of this<lb/> | |||
branch of their authority in a moment of virtue:<lb/> | |||
and the reducing the number of the Judges from<lb/> | |||
five hundred and fifty eight <add>of the same persons</add> to fifteen constituted<lb/> | |||
the principal feature in the change. <del>In the Upper<lb/> | |||
House consisting of <add>about</add> half the number are</del> The judicial<lb/> | |||
reputation of the <del>Upper</del> <add>other</add> House with half<lb/> | |||
the number of members would be at least half<lb/> | |||
as bad as indolence the indolence natural to hereditary<lb/> | |||
greatness concurring with <add>a laudable</add> consciousness of<lb/> | |||
unfitness <add><del>were</del></add> had not virtually transferred were not<lb/> | |||
in the habit of consigning <add>relinquishing</add> this part of the business<lb/> | |||
to a few professional members as the only expedient<lb/> | |||
for preserving their decrees from the imputation of<lb/> | |||
occasional partiality and constant ignorance.</p> | |||
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Judicial Estab.
Judges – Number
in that character. The most corrupt tribunal not
only in England but perhaps in the known world
was that comprized consisting of the 40 or the to 558 members
of the House of Commons sitting on Election causes:
the respons even the degree of publicity inseparable
from the proceedings of such a multitude was insufficient
to infuse any tolerable degree of probity
into a body whose multitude exempt from the
obligation of giving reasons, and whose power shielded
them from danger, while their multitude served to harden them
against reproach. Thus The habitual depravity injustice iniquity of
their decisions was even the professed ground of the
sacrifice they made were brought to make of this
branch of their authority in a moment of virtue:
and the reducing the number of the Judges from
five hundred and fifty eight of the same persons to fifteen constituted
the principal feature in the change. In the Upper
House consisting of about half the number are The judicial
reputation of the Upper other House with half
the number of members would be at least half
as bad as indolence the indolence natural to hereditary
greatness concurring with a laudable consciousness of
unfitness were had not virtually transferred were not
in the habit of consigning relinquishing this part of the business
to a few professional members as the only expedient
for preserving their decrees from the imputation of
occasional partiality and constant ignorance.
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evidence; procedure code |
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387 |
judicial estab. judges number |
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4 |
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f31 / f32 / f33 / f34 |
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jeremy bentham |
[[watermarks::l munn [britannia with shield emblem]]] |
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benjamin constant |
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16552 |
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