judicial review of legislation

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• Judicial review — is the power of the courts to annul the acts of the executive and/or the legislative power where it finds them incompatible with a higher norm. Judicial review is an example of the functioning of separation of powers in a modern governmental… …   Wikipedia

• Judicial review in English Law — Judicial review is a procedure in English administrative law by which the courts supervise the exercise of public power on the application of an individual. A person who feels that an exercise of such power by a government authority, such as a… …   Wikipedia

• Judicial review in English law — See also: Judicial review Judicial review is a procedure in English administrative law by which the courts in England and Wales supervise the exercise of public power on the application of an individual. A person who feels that an exercise of… …   Wikipedia

• Judicial review in the United States — in terms of their lawfulness, or to review the constitutionality of a statute or treaty, or to review an administrative regulation for consistency with either a statute, a treaty, or the Constitution itself. At the federal level, there is no… …   Wikipedia

• judicial review — the power of a court to adjudicate the constitutionality of the laws of a government or the acts of a government official. [1920 25] * * * Examination by a country s courts of the actions of the legislative, executive, and administrative branches …   Universalium

• judicial review —    A key function of the courts. It refers to the power of the courts to interpret the constitution and to declare void actions of branches of government if they are deemed to be in conflict with its requirements. Some countries have a very… …   Glossary of UK Government and Politics

• Judicial activism — is a pejorative term for the misuse of judicial power and is a neologism for the older classical term board judicial review . The most common connotation is subjective, in which the speaker condemns judicial decisions that, in the view of the… …   Wikipedia

• judicial — ju‧di‧cial [dʒuːˈdɪʆl] adjective [only before a noun] LAW connected with a court of law or the legal system: • All citizens must have confidence in the judicial system. • This legislation represented an effort by Congress to interfere with the… …   Financial and business terms

• Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937 — The Hughes Court, 1932–1937. Front row: Justices Brandeis and Van Devanter, Chief Justice Hughes, and Justices McReynolds and Sutherland. Back row: Justices Roberts, Butler, Stone, and Cardozo …   Wikipedia

• Judicial system of the People's Republic of China — For the Ministry of Justice, see Ministry of Justice of the People s Republic of China. People s Republic of China This article is part of the series: Politics and government of …   Wikipedia

• LEGAL AND JUDICIAL SYSTEM — UNDER THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE (1876–1917) Judiciary Throughout the period from the promulgation of the Ottoman Constitution of 1876 until the present time there have been both secular and religious courts exercising jurisdiction in the territory of… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism