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Edmund Burke: If he is in any way a maker or regulator of the contract, in so much he is disqualified from being a judge.

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If he is in any way a maker or regulator of the contract, in so much he is disqualified from being a judge.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke argues that a person involved in creating or regulating a contract cannot serve as an impartial judge in disputes regarding that contract.

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