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It has been suggested that such a system would unduly increase the influence of full-time professional judicial staff persons , which is already a problem . The general result is that the true position of the Crown as also the true powers of the Government are concealed under the fictitious ascription to the sovereign of political omnipotence , and the reader of , say , the first Book of Blackstone , can hardly discern the facts of law with which it is filled under the unrealities of the language in which these facts find expression . Short of drafting the best lawyers to serve , at least for limited periods , as judges , how do we get the best qualified to serve in that critical office ? This topic is one on which I have no wish to dwell , but it cannot be forgotten by any sensible observer who reflects upon the history of secession in the United States , or of the Sonderbund in Switzerland , or who refuses to forget the preeminently uneasy connection between the different parts of the Austrian Empire and the deliberate determination of Norway to sever at all costs the union with Sweden . It has but one fault ; the statements it contains are the direct opposite of the truth . It is quite possible by some system of proportional representation to frame a House of Commons which would reflect much more than at present the opinion of the nation , or , in other words , of the electorate . / 2 / It is never necessary between covenantor and covenantee , or any other persons , except between the present owner and the original covenantee . The duty , in short , of an English professor of law is to state what are the laws which form part of the constitution , to arrange them in their order , to explain their meaning , and to exhibit where possible their logical connection . The task has its special perplexities , but the difficulties which beset the topic are the same in kind , though not in degree , as those which are to be found in every branch of the law of England . It may not come into operation for an indefinite period .