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This “great constitution” or Magna Carta of 1215 also required that the King’s entourage of judges maintain their courts and judgments at “a sure place” rather than dispensing autocratic justice in unpredictable locations in regards to the nation. A concentrated and elite group of judges acquired a dominant function in law-making beneath this technique, and compared to its European counterparts the English judiciary grew to become highly centralised. In 1297, as an example, whereas the best courtroom in France had fifty-one judges, the English Court of Common Pleas had five. This powerful and tight-knit judiciary gave rise to a systematised…