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In a world divided by differences of nationality, race, colour, religion and wealth [the Rule of Law] is one of the greatest unifying factors, perhaps the greatest, the nearest we are likely to approach to a universal secular religion. It remains an ideal, but an ideal worth striving for, in the interests of good government and peace, at home and in the world at large.

Thomas Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill

The hallmarks of a regime which flouts the rule of law are, alas, all too familiar: the midnight knock on the door, the sudden disappearance, the show trial, the subjection of prisoners to genetic experiment, the confession extracted by torture, the gulag and the concentration camp, the gas chamber, the practice of genocide or ethnic clansing, the waging of aggressive war. The list is endless, Better to put up with some choleric judges and greedy lawyers.

Thomas Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill

Thomas Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill

Thomas Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill

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Born: October 13, 1933

Died: September 11, 2010 (aged 76)

Bio: Thomas Henry Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill was an eminent British judge and jurist. He served in the United Kingdom's highest judicial offices as Master of the Rolls, Lord Chief Justice and as a Senior Law Lord.

Known for:

The Rule of Law (2010)
The Corby Job Hopper
Doctor Johnson and the Law (2010)

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