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...armaments cannot be overestimated. In the conferences at the Hague, the smaller states have the optically a right to an equal vote; but who will doubt for a moment the moral effect which a is created by a force strong enough to back up national policies? The nations which control strong armies and navies have been a preponderance of weight in the Peace Conferences of the past, and they will continue to have this advantage in the future. A graphic in stance of this is the United States was able to reserve from arbitration by the Hague Tribunal "strictly American...
...technical points for their clients, and the public press often sympathizes with and encourages this misdirected admiration. Of course, the best men in the practice of the law do not insist on technical points in favor of their clients, but rather waive them, and the best judges try to control counsel and direct the course of justice so far as state statutes permit. Unwise legislation is largely responsible for the particular evil now under consideration; and in recent years there has been much legislation intended to reduce the power of the judge over the procedure in his court. Lawyers dissatisfied...
Judges Lack Effective Control...
...Much of the injurious prolongation of testimony, cross-examination and argument in American courts is due to the fact that the judges have been deprived of effective control over counsel. It is an important function of a good judge to abbreviate testimony by excluding the irrelevant and to limit cross-examination and argument. To this end judges should be independent and well paid, appointed to serve during good behavior and efficiency, and entitled to a pension, after reasonably long service, or on disability. The judge should always be the principal person in the court-room. He is in England; often...
Results of Loss of Control...