Introduction -- Legislative interference in the pending case scenario : the foundation of principle and the Australian position -- Legislative interference with judicial functions : the jurisprudence of the United States, evaluation of principle, and towards resolution -- The separation of powers and final judgments : defining the principle limiting legislative revision of final judgments -- Qualifications to the inviolability of final judgments and final summation -- Protections afforded decisional independence in jurisdictions without an entrenched separation of powers.