branches consist of legislature, executive, judiciary
judiciary refers to the whole legal system
dispensing justice; hearing criminal cases and civil disputes
interpreting laws- when the meaning of law is unclear the roles of the judges is to interpret its meaning
establishing case laws; judges decide how the law is to be applied in kinds of cases
making law through the common law which is a unwritten law that can be declared valid by a court in which the certain rules have existed
judicial review- the power to review actions of government or other powerful bodies such as local authorities and decide weather the actions are lawful
public inquires- judges sometimes hold inquires into matters of major concern and recommend action which parliament and the government should take