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The judicial ought to be kept entirely distinct from the legislative and executive power in the State. This separation is necessary both to secure the independence of the judicial functions and to prevent their being influenced by the interests of party or by the voice of the people.

— Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux The British Constitution (1844)

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