The independence of judges to apply their wisdom and training is a foundational concept in a free and democratic society. We give the judiciary latitude to make decisions based on the truth of things as they see it: to apply an honest reading of the law to the facts.
Note: This article is available as a published paper. The full text was originally published in the Journal of Christian Legal Thought, Volume 9, Issue 2, 2019.
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Barry W. Bussey, Ph.D. (Leiden), has practised law for over 30 years. During that time, he served for ten years as Director of Legal Affairs for a national charity-sector association, argued cases at every level of the judiciary, including five times before the Supreme Court of Canada, and taught as an adjunct law professor. He practises real estate, wills and estates, charity, and non-profit law in Peterborough with Bussey Ainsworth.
