others judicarcy

Cards (8)

  • 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