For important as the courts are, they have never law

[yohoho]

Помогите, не могу перевести начало

For important as the courts are, they have never appeared so important or so free in their operation as to make plausible the contention that law is merely a prediction of what the courts will do or the definition of legal rights and duties in terms of remedies.

[YelenaPestereva]

При всем значении судов никогда не считалось, что они так важны или так свободны в своих решениях/действиях....