PROFESSOR Muna Ndulo says for courts to be fair and trusted, judges and magistrates must be free from pressure by the government or lawmakers. “Judicial power must exist as a power separate from, and independent of executive and legislative power; and judicial power must be vested in the judiciary as a distinct organ of government,” he says. In Chapter 10 of the newly released SAIPAR book, The Supreme Court of Zambia at Fifty: Looking Back and Going Forward, titled The Judiciary, Judicial Review and Constitutionalism, Professor Ndulo states that judicial independence is essential for good governance and calls for a judiciary free from executive and legislative interference. “Judicial independence is recognised in numerous international and regional human rights instruments. It...