jurisdiction of the various courts but may not deprive the Supreme Court of its jurisdiction over cases enumerated in Section 5 hereof. No law shall be passed reorganizing the Judiciary when it undermines the security of tenure of its Members. Section 3. The Judiciary shall enjoy fiscal autonomy. Appropriations for the Judiciary may not be reduced by the legislature below the amount appropriated for the previous year and‚ after approval‚ shall be automatically and regularly released. Section 4.
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Which branch of government do you think is the most powerful and why? I believe the most powerful branch of government is the Legislative Branch‚ because of the power it processes to keep checks and balance on the other two branches of government. There are two different houses in the legislative branch‚ the first is the house if representatives and the senate. The House of Representatives consists of 435 members elected from all 50 states‚ the District of Columbia‚ and the United States territories
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AP Government Chapter 14 The Judiciary The Judicial System operates at all three levels of government (municipal‚ state‚ federal) Most cases are heard in municipal or state courts (criminal and civil suits) Trial Courts—jury or judge decides a case Appellate Courts—review cases if there are matters of legal procedure or law at issue State Supreme Court—another review if no satisfactory decision (sometimes called state court of last resort) Most municipal and state judges run for election
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Civil Courts Magistrates Court The amount in dispute must be $150 000 or less QCAT Civil cases which involve small amounts of money less than $25 000 District Court Amounts from $150‚000 to $750‚000 in the District Court Supreme Courts $750’000 to unlimited amount in the Supreme Court Summary offences (Magistrate courts) Summary offences are matters that are be tried by a judge alone. If you are charged with a summary offence you do not have the right to have a trial by jury. Indictable
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traditional method of judicial formalism. Supporters of the latter’s concerns that it promotes power without responsibility‚ and blurs the separation of powers‚ however the supporters of the former agree that inevitable changes in society force the judiciary to acknowledge that judicial formalism is a method that is not completely obsolete‚ but takes is less of a primary concern as it were‚ compared to other factors that effect a case. Those who are in favour of judicial activism argue that social
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Judicial Appointments For Fast Track Courts 2002 Under Article 139 - A of the Constitution of India 06.05.2002 Brij Mohan Lal Vs. Union of India and Other s With T.C. (C) No. 23 / 2001. SLP (C) No. 7870.10645 of 2001 and T.P. (C) No. 407 - 410 of 2001 Case Summary A case relating to the establishment and functioning of Fast Track Courts‚ which came into existence for the speedy disposal of long pending Sessions cases. The Eleventh Finance Commission allocated Rs.502.90 crores under the
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2004LAW TRANSNATIONAL LAW WEEK 3 (11-15 MARCH): Introduction to TRANSNATIONAL AND CIVIL LAW Tute questions 1. The modern ‘transnational’ lawyer needs to have some grounding in a variety of legal traditions. Decide whether you agree or disagree with this view‚ and outline reasons. I totally agree in this statement. The world today is a global world; which mean that a country doesn’t just get involved in the countries own decisions
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Democracy is a political form of government in which governing power is derived from the people‚ by consensus (consensus democracy)‚ by direct referendum (direct democracy)‚ or by means of elected representatives of the people (representative democracy). The term comes from the Greek word (dēmokratía) "rule of the people"‚ which was coined from (dêmos) "people" and (Kratos) "power". There is no universal definition of the term democracy‚ people like the late USA president ABRAHAM LINCOLN define
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with the doctrine of the Separation of Powers. This doctrine states that the power of the state has to be divided between the three organs‚ namely the judiciary‚ legislature and executive. Each of the organs should operate independently and none will become all powerful. The Lord Chancellor‚ who is the member of the cabinet‚ is the head of the judiciary and is entitled to sit in the House of Lords to hear the appeal cases. Besides that‚ he is the speaker of the House of
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with separate and independent powers and areas of responsibility so that the powers of one branch are not in conflict with the powers associated with the other branches. The normal division of branches is into a legislature‚ an executive‚ and a judiciary. History Antiquity Aristotle first mentioned the idea of a "mixed government" or hybrid government in his work Politics where he drew upon many of the constitutional forms in the city-states of Ancient Greece. In the Roman Republic‚ the Roman
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