Judiciary
- Created by: jamie
- Created on: 17-05-13 13:25
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- Judiciary
- Judges are becoming increasingly more involved in the political process
- Role of the judiciary is expanding
- increasing amount of legislation
- Introduction of the human rights act
- A growing culture of litigation
- A reluctance of politicians to deal with sensitive issues
- Judges
- traditionally
- Neutral
- Experienced
- Trusted
- Incorruptible
- More recent questioning of neutrality by politicians
- traditionally
- Courts
- Types of courts
- Magistrates
- 95% of all cases
- Power lies with the court clerk
- Crown courts
- criminal
- High courts
- civil and some criminal
- County Courts
- Civil
- Court of Appeal
- Criminal division
- Lord Chief Justice
- Civil division
- Master of the rolls
- Criminal division
- Uk Supreme court
- (House of lords)
- Highest domestic court of appeal
- Magistrates
- Types of courts
- Roles of the jurry
- To detremine guilt or inocence
- to deal with highly technical cases
- The criminal jusice act 2004
- Roles of the judiciary
- Preside of criminal trials
- Judges carry out sentencing
- Adjudication of civil cases
- Guardians of the law
- Chair enquiries
- leveson enquiry
- Judicial review
- judicial review
- reviewing the actions of the government
- Can only rule aginst government and a public body if the case is ulra vires
- Internement without trial 1971-1975
- Is law constitutional
- michael howard being denied the ability to aise the maximum sentence in the jamie bulger case
- protection of civil liberties
- Disputes betwen different levels of government
- Czech roma case
- Can only rule aginst government and a public body if the case is ulra vires
- reviewing the actions of the government
- Judicial activism
- Refers to the willingness of judges to go beyond narrow legal decisions
- Kilmur guidelines
- Low public profiles
- Refrain from speaking out on public policy
- Judicial restrain illustrates a more conservative appoach
- Applying the law on a case by case basis
- Judges are becoming more willing to express thei views
- increased use of judicial review is directly linked to judicial activism
- Consevative bias oin the 1980s
- Abolition of glc
- and various labour controlled councils
- However both major and blair suffered defeats at the hands of the judiciary
- Abolition of glc
- Further empowerment in he incorperation of the human rights act
- Judicial independance
- neutrality
- hold the office until hey are 70
- Complex dismisal process
- They do not have to people please and therefroe can express their own oppinions
- Judges salaries are payed from a consolodated fund
- They can not be controlled y their pay
- Ministers can not debate or comment on matters being decided by the courts
- Their decision cannot be critisised in parliament
- Birmingham 6
- Their decision cannot be critisised in parliament
- Should not speak on political matters
- Appointed by pm and lord chancellor
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