The Mauritian Economy: 2012 Outlook Executive Summary Bracing for another storm While the Mauritian economy has been resilient thus far‚ the flip-flops in select Government policies have sent mixed signals to both the private sector and potential investors. Nonetheless‚ the economy grew at an estimated 4% in 2011 driven by a resurgent textile industry‚ and a strong performance by the financial sector. A year ago we had believed that the worst was behind; however‚ the issues surrounding the
Premium Inflation Mauritius Financial services
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
Free Law Separation of powers Constitution
USU 1300 Is Judicial Activism in the best interest of the American people? Suzanna Sherry reminds us in her working paper‚ Why We Need More Judicial Activism‚ that “an examination of constitutional practice shows that too little activism produces worse consequences than does too much” and since we cannot assure judges are consistently “fair” it is better to be overly aggressive than overly restrained. In the most basic sense‚ judicial activism is when judges apply their own political opinion in
Premium
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
Free Supreme Court of the United States United States Constitution
Judicial review is the process in which the judicial branch of the government‚ the supreme court‚ reviews legislation to determine if it is constitutionally valid. Judicial review is crucial to the proper functioning of the government because it keeps the legislative branch of government in check. It prohibits them from passing pieces of legislature that are unconstitutional; keeping the law of the land fair and up to par with the constitution. Without the presence of judicial review any law passed
Premium Law United States Separation of powers
disadvantages of the doctrine of precedent and how judges may make new law. Include 1 case where judges have made new law. The doctrine of precedent is an important feature of judge-made law (common law). This doctrine means that similar disputes should be decided by reference to the same legal principles‚ and that lower courts are bound to follow the decisions of higher courts within the same court hierarchy. There are both advantages and disadvantages of the doctrine of precedent and the way in which judges
Premium Law Common law Precedent
size of Texas‚ I think it is necessary for Texas to have the complicated Supreme Court system that it has today. The Supreme Court System is used to take on both civil cases and criminal cases‚ and this is why it must be separated into two distinct branches. The first branch of the State Court of Texas is the Texas Supreme Court. This court according to the website for Supreme Court Laws (2017)‚ the Texas Supreme Court “hears and administers decisions concerning civil cases.” According to Nolo.com
Premium Criminal law Supreme Court of the United States Court
advantages and disadvantages of the doctrine of precedent. The doctrine of precedent means that judges refer back to previous decisions to help them decide similar cases where the law and facts are alike. Top of Form Bottom of Form Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the doctrine of precedent. Judicial precedent concerns itself with the influence and value of past decisions of case law and prior legal experience. The doctrine of precedent means that judges refer back to previous decisions
Free Common law Precedent Stare decisis
“What is Law?” This is the most popular question to people from all walks of life. According to the meaning in dictionary‚ Law means‚ “the system of rules which a particular country or community recognises as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of
Premium Judge Law Appeal
interpret the law and Constitution. However‚ many times Justices get confused about the original intent of the law‚ and therefore interpret it different from what the legislators wrote back then. Since the legislators of the Constitution are not alive today‚ Justices have to try their best to make decisions according to the law. Moreover‚ interpretation of the law from one judge to another can be different. Many times Supreme Court Justices use their own personal political ideology to interpret laws
Premium Law Supreme Court of the United States United States Constitution