Wig out! January 12, 2008
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In 2008, the sun continues to set on the British Empire.
Judges in the former British Honduras are losing their wigs.
The white wig in Belize’s high courts, to many observers it seems one of the most jarring vestiges of colonialism, but owing mostly to Commonwealth tradition its use has persisted. But no more. When the Supreme Court open its new legal year on Monday, the wigs will be gone.
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