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Judge: Constitutional safeguards key to judicial independence

A senior judge said today that an independent judiciary could derive its strength from provisions within a nation’s constitution.

Fiji High Court judge David Alfred said sections related to how the judiciary could independently exercise its powers are "embedded" in constitutions of countries like the United States, Australia and Fiji.

"The underpinning of the independence of the judiciary of a nation is its constitution," said Alfred in his speech at a Bar Council symposium themed "Constitutional Law: Rule of Law in Jeopardy?"...

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