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    The area of law in which this question is concerned is judicial review. Judicial review can be defined as ‘… the means by which the Courts control the exercise of Governmental powers.’ The Courts will look at the way in which a decision was made‚ not the decision itself‚ to find out if any powers have been abused. Judicial review is an application to the Courts to assess an action or decision made by a public body on a point of public law. A particular decision may be found to be in breach of natural

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    Doctrine of Judicial Binding Precedent This question raises the issue of the role of precedent. In order to examine the statement‚ scrutiny of the doctrine of the judicial precedent is required. Case law is used to describe the collection of reported decisions of the courts‚ and the principles which stem from them. Lord Macmillan made this observation that the case by case development is superior to those based on hypothetical models. “.....any fixed theory and that principles always fail because

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    often believed that the relationship between certainty and flexibility in judicial precedent has struck a fine line between being necessary and being precarious. The problem is that these two concepts of judicial precedent are seen as working against each other and not in tandem. There is proof‚ however‚ that as contrasting as they are on the surface they are actually working together to achieve one common goal. Judicial precedent in its broad definition is the process by which judges follow previously

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    Institutions Essay Title: ‘Judicial precedent is best understood as a practice of the courts and not as a set of binding rules. As a practice it could be refined or changed by the courts as they wish.’ Discuss Judicial precedent is a judgment or decision of a court which is used as an authority for reaching the same decision in subsequent cases. In English law‚ judgment and decisions can represent authoritative precedent (which is generally binding

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    Danyal Hasnain Justice Fazal Karim Constitutional Law 11th December‚ 2014. Assignment # 3 Question 1(a) Judicial review is usually defined as the judicial power in action or the practical aspect of the rule of law. It is defined as a doctrine according to which courts are entitled‚ in the exercise of the ‘judicial power’ of the State. The power of judicial review entails the authority to examine and decide the question of the constitutional validity of any law‚ irrespective of whether it comes from

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    INTRODUCTION This paper is set to advise John Phiri on the best possible action to take in relation to redress in the courts of Law. In due course‚ this paper will attempt to demonstrate why the said action is the best under the prevailing circumstances. This paper will also employ relevant legislation and authorities and draw a conclusion to elucidate this fact. CONTROL OF ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS To fully advise John‚ it is important to note that administrative actions emanate from public authorities

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    JUDICIAL REVIEW OF ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION PART II ON WHAT GROUNDS CAN JUDICIAL REVIEW BE SOUGHT? The grounds for JR can be classified in at least three ways: 1. Two principal classes of action may be pursued under JR: those which allege that there has been a breach of statutory requirements‚ and those alleging that action has been taken in disregard of the rules of ‘natural justice’. 2. In Council for the Civil Service Unions v Minister of State for the

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    In the 1825 case of Eakin v. Raub‚ Pennsylvania Justice John Bannister Gibson declared that the judicial branch of the government had no right to influence or control the actions of any other branch of the government. Thus‚ Justice Gibson declared the act of judicial review unconstitutional and in disagreement with the proper role of the judiciary as inherently defined by the constitution. The proper roles and powers of the judiciary branch of the government‚ as conveyed to it by the constitution

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    Judicial Review: A Double-Edged Sword Judicial Review: A Double-Edged Sword 1. Traditional theories of judicial review hold that neutral or principled grounds are the only legitimate bases for judicial decisions and reject political motives in judicial decision-making. Do you believe this is true? Do you see principled v. political motives in important U.S. Supreme Court constitutional decisions which overturn laws passed by legislatures (such

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    SR1IN0201 FOREWORD ....................................................................................................................... 1 GENERAL PAPER (MAURITIUS) ...................................................................................... 2 GCE Advanced Subsidiary Level .................................................................................................................. 2 Paper 8009/01 Paper 1 .....................................................................

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