Lesson 786 of 1524
Courts and Law
The judicial system or judiciary is the court system for a particular area.
Practice this chapterThe judicial system or judiciary is the court system for a particular area. Sometimes countries change from rule of law to rule by law due to a strengthening of one person’s or one party’s political power
In rule-of-law systems, the judicial branch depends on the other branches and the population’s respect for the rule of law to carry out its decisions. Rules of procedure limit what the judicial branch can do.
rule of law — the principle that the government is one of law, not of any individual or group. judicial branch — the system of courts that interprets, defends, and applies the law in the name of the government; also called judicial system. rule by law — describes political systems in which the judicial branch and the judiciary help impose the government’s approved viewpoint on the citizens; the judiciary has little independence…. judiciary — the people who work in the judicial branch of a government; also used as a synonym for judicial branch.
Worked example
What does “rule of law” mean in Courts and Law?
- 1Use the wording this chapter gives for rule of law.
- 2The book says: the principle that the government is one of law, not of any individual or group.
- 3Do not use the meaning of judicial branch. That term means the system of courts that interprets, defends, and applies the law in the name of the government; also called judicial system.
Result: the principle that the government is one of law, not of any individual or group
Why. That is the meaning this chapter gives for rule of law.
Do not swap rule of law and judicial branch. rule of law means the principle that the government is one of law, not of any individual or group. judicial branch means the system of courts that interprets, defends, and applies the law in the name of the government; also called judicial system.
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