Judicial Independence Is Crucial to the Rule of Law

Judicial Independence Is Crucial to the Rule of Law
The justice statue at the Supreme Court of Canada on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on June 17, 2021. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang
Marco Navarro-Génie
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Commentary

From our economic history textbooks, we learn that the independence and fairness of the British courts made it attractive for investors to place their money into British ventures during the Industrial Revolution.

Marco Navarro-Génie
Marco Navarro-Génie
Author
Marco Navarro-Génie is president of the Haultain Research Institute. He is co-author, with Barry Cooper, of “Canada’s COVID-19: The Story of a Pandemic Moral Panic.”
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