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The Judiciary
- Responsible for adjudication of the law
- Involved in the interpretation of the constitution
- If laws are unclear Judges
interpret what the law means
- If laws are unclear Judges
interpret what the law means
- Trusted because they are
independent and incorruptible
- Typical Background
- Practised at the bar
- Born into professional
middle class families
- Educated at public schools and Oxbridge
- Wealthy and Conservatives
- Practised at the bar
- Typical Background
- Responsible for all matters of
criminal crime
- Deliver appropriate
sentences
- Deliver appropriate
sentences
- Uphold the will of the legislature
- Must be independent from other
branches of government
- No political influence or
pressure and the system
can function freely
- Should be no interference
from govt of the day
- No political influence or
pressure and the system
can function freely
- Independence protected in 3 ways
- the way in which judges
are selected
- their security of tenure
- appointed for life, serve
until retirement
- appointed for life, serve
until retirement
- political neutrality
- the way in which judges
are selected
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