Great British National Restoration Framework

Judges wield immense power. In a minarchist system, they must remain accountable to the people without becoming politicised or corruptible. The Assize of Worth achieves this through regular, transparent review by ordinary citizens combined with direct financial incentives.

Every judge begins with a fixed baseline salary of **4 troy pounds (48 troy ounces) of gold per year**.

Twice per year, a randomly selected jury of 12 British citizens convenes to review the judge’s recent decisions, written rationales, and overall performance. The jury votes by simple majority to:

• Raise the judge’s salary by 1 troy ounce
• Lower it by 1 troy ounce
• Make no change (requires an evenly split vote)

There is no floor and no cap. A consistently poor judge could see their salary drop below a viable living wage, creating strong pressure to perform or resign.

• The review is held publicly in the judge’s normal courtroom.
• Advocates may present arguments for and against the judge’s record.
• The judge has the right to speak in their own defence.
• Jury selection is fully random and stratified to prevent capture.
• Decisions are based on clear criteria published in advance (consistency with law, clarity of reasoning, fairness, respect for precedent, etc.).

• Makes judicial corruption extremely expensive — buying a judge would require influencing dozens of random juries over years.
• Provides continuous democratic oversight without turning judges into elected politicians.
• Creates strong personal incentives for diligence, impartiality, and clarity.
• Extremely difficult for any special interest to game systematically.

The judiciary is one of the core functions of the night-watchman state. It must be both independent enough to resist political pressure and accountable enough to prevent abuse of power. The Assize of Worth strikes this balance through decentralised, citizen-driven review and hard financial consequences.