... duty as important as maintaining the rule of law; and just as every fundamental aspect of the defence of the realm must be real and practical, so must every fundamental aspect of the rule of law ... trial and the decrease in the length of the average marriage, we may be approaching a cross-over. And a trial, whether criminal or civil, is the state in action, or the state in microcosm, and ... an important part today, and I am sure they will continue to play an equally important part in the development of the law in the future. And, rather than dwelling on the past, I thought that...