Section 100 of the Constitution Act, 1867 is a provision of the Constitution of Canada requiring the federal Parliament to fix and provide for the salaries for judges of the provincial superior, distr
Proclamation bringing the Constitution Act into force, July 1, 1867
Judicial independence
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Judicial independence is the concept that the judiciary should be independent from the other branches of government, meaning that courts should not be subject to improper influence from those branches
Alexander Hamilton, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, by portraitist John Trumbull c. 1792. In The Federalist No. 78, published 28 May 1788, Hamilton wrote: "The complete independence of the courts of justice is particularly essential in a limited constitution."
