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Foreword
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Europeanjurisdictions-includingEUjurisdictions-oneseescovert
andperhapsnotsocovertattemptsbeingmadeto“capture”ifnotthe
entirejudicialsystem,certainkeypositionswithinthesystemsothatthe
executivebranchofgovernmentcanhave“agreatersay”inthewaythe
judicialsystemworks.Asshepointsouttowardstheendofherwork,
judicialindependenceisnotaprivilegeforthefew-thejudges-but
anabsolutelyindispensableguaranteeforthethousandswhodailyseek
justicebeforethecourts.Where,underthepretextofreforms,thead-
ministrationofjusticeisundermined,thestatebecomesmeaningless
-or,inthewordsofSaintAugustine,Remotaiustitia,quidsuntregna
nisimagnalatrocinia?4
Irecommendthisworktoallthosewhohavetheproperadministration
ofjusticeatheart.
VincentA.DeGaetano
ChiefJusticeEmeritus,Malta
JudgeoftheEuropeanCourtofHumanRights
19October2017
4DeCivitateDei,IV
,4.
