JUDICIALREVIEW

Judicial review

Judicial review is the doctrine under which legislative and executive actions are subject to review by the judiciary. A specific court with judicial review power may annul the acts of the state when it finds them incompatible with a higher authority . Judicial review is an example of check and balances in a modern governmental system . This principle is interpreted differently in different jurisdictions, which also have differing views on the different hierarchy of governmental norms. As a result, the procedure and scope of judicial review may differ from country to country and state to state.

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judicial review

Noun

  1. The doctrine, implemented in varying ways in differing jurisdictions, that authorities within the judicial branch of government may examine and make rulings on the legal validity of decisions and actions of the legislative and executive branches of government and, in some jurisdictions, of others within the judicial branch itself.
  2. A judicial process undertaken under this doctrine.


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