The spirit of the Star-Chamber has transmigrated and lived again; and Westminster Hall was obliged to borrow from the Star-Chamber, for the same reasons as the Star-Chamber had borrowed from the Roman Forum, because they had no law, statute, or tradition of their own.
Burke reflects on the enduring influence of the Star-Chamber's principles in the legal system after its abolition.
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