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    JUDICIAL SYSTEM OF PAKISTAN Judicial System of any country plays a vital role in her progress and in smooth running of state functionaries. All the developed countries of world have a well established and smooth running judicial system. Their courts are doing the justice irrespective of caste‚ living standards‚ official status of citizens and the individual powers. Even the most poor have the confidence in their courts and unbiased decision of courts are in fact a sword over the head of criminals

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    The study of Law and the process of Judicial Rhetoric are two concepts that have been around since the days of Aristotle. While both have transitioned with time‚ the core of both of them have stayed the same. Where there is law‚ there has to be some sort of Judicial process. This procedure is how justice is administered and Truth is upheld in a society. You can not look at one of these ideas without the other. However‚ 15 pages is not nearly enough space to encompass such broad topics. Therefore

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    Judicial Department Article VIII‚ 1987 Constitution SECTION 1. The judicial power shall be vested in one Supreme Court and such in lower courts as may be established by law. Judicial power includes the duty of the courts of justice to settle actual controversies involving rights which are legally demandable and enforceable‚ and to determine whether or not there has been a grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction on the part of any branch or instrumentality of

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    Obeying the law while in the Military Laws have been around for many centuries since the beginning of time‚ as early as the years of Jesus. Although ideas have changed‚ laws still exist in modern day society everywhere you go. There are many forms of the law with all coincide with each other such as man-made law‚ common law‚ natural law‚ case law‚ civil law‚ roman law‚ and the list goes on. Although the law has not yet accepted a universal definition‚ it can be described as the system of rules

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    Judicial Branch Test Review Original Jurisdiction: The original jurisdiction of a court is the power to hear a case for the first time‚ as opposed to appellate jurisdiction‚ when a court has the power to review a lower court’s decision. Supreme Court: The Supreme Court of the United States (first abbreviated as Scotus in 1879)[1] was established pursuant to Article III of the United States Constitution in 1789 as the highest federal court in the United States. It has ultimate (and largely discretionary)

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    There are three main types of judicial philosophy which is conservative‚ liberal‚ and moderate; this field is the metaphysical standpoints employed by judges to interpret laws. Theses recounts to the United States Supreme Court and the US courts and how the honesties and also the judges who work in those courts apply their belief systems. Judicial philosophy is extremely important because they decide which judges are agreed to unique court arrangements. Despite the fact that few judges observe to

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    Judicial Activism is a case where the Supreme Court interprets the Constitution in a manner not previously covered either by precedent or by law‚ thereby changing what was once considered to be legal or illegal‚ depending on the circumstances of the case. Basically‚ it is going against the set precedent. This is a view point most often held by reformists‚ ones that want to change the current standards of society. On the other hand‚ Judicial Restraint is the antithesis of Judicial Activism‚ where

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    The Judicial Branch is the most important branch of the United States government‚ due to the significant role it plays in interpreting and determining if laws are constitutional. Even though the Judicial Branch is the smallest in size and has smallest budget of any branch in our nation’s government‚ it exercises enormous power and is equal to other branches of the government because it has the power of Judicial Review. Judicial Review is the review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity

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    "[The Judicial Branch] may truly be said to have neither FORCE nor WILL‚ but merely judgment” Hamilton explained when analyzing the Judiciary’s initial intent. Article 3 section 1 of the Constitution grants the Supreme court “The judicial Power of the United States.” this power can be given to inferior courts such as circuit and district courts as “Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.” Later‚ in article 3 section 2‚ the Judicial branch is granted power that “extend[s] to all Cases

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    MIDTERM EXAMINATION 1) Judicial Review It is often agreed that the chief "weapon" of a Court is the power of judicial review. In the United States Constitution there is no specific mention of such a power yet few would seriously contend that no such power exists. What are the sources of the U.S. Court’s power of judicial review? The principle of judicial review is rooted in the supremacy of the U.S. Constitution over all other laws in the United States. If the Constitution

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