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Ruleoflaw,judicialreview,dueprocess
TaskI.Inthetext,findthewordscorrespondingtothedefinitionsbelow:
aigreatestinstatusorauthorityorpower
bidespoticordictatorial
cicharacterisedbywrongorimproperuse
ditheobligationtobeartheconsequencesforfailuretoperformasexpected;
answerability
eithesystemoflawcourtsthatadministerjustice
fibeingsuitableorfittingforaparticularpurpose(noun)
gitreatedunjustly
hitoreachadecisionafterthoughtandinvestigation
iitorefer(amatterorlegalcase)toanothercommitteeorauthorityorcourtfor
decision
jisubordinate
kiwentindifferentdirectionsfromacommonpoint;branchedout
lipreserved,continued
Accordingtothephilosophyofruleoflaw,thelawofthelandissupremeovertheacts
ofthegovernmentaswellasprivatepersonsandtherelationshipbetweenthestateand
theindividualareregulatedbythelawofthelandiRuleoflawsignifiesalegal-political
regimetoprotecttherightsofcitizensfromarbitraryandabusiveuseofgovernmentpoweri
Theruleoflawguaranteesgovernmentaccountabilityandprotectsthesocialrightsof
individualsiTheexistenceofanindependentandtransparentjudiciaryisafundamental
aspectoftheruleoflawi
Judicial
Review
definition:
Aprocesswhereacourtoflawisaskedtoruleontheappropriatenessofthedecisionofan
administrativeagencyortribunali
Judicialreviewenablesapersonaggrievedbyanadministrativedecision(oraction)toseek
reviewbyacourtofthelawfulnessofthatdecisioni
Thecourtwillnotreviewadecisioninordertodeterminewhetherornotitwastheright
decisiontomake(thiswouldbeaureviewonthemerits”)iThecourtwillonlyreviewadecision
soastodeterminewhetheritwasalawfuldecision(iieiwhetheritwaswithinthepowerof
thedecision-maker)i
Ifthecourtfindsthatthedecisionwasnotalawfuldecision,itmaysetasidethatdecisioni
Normally,thecourtwillthenremitthedecisionbacktotheoriginaldecision-makertobe
madeagaini
Dueprocessisthelegalprinciplethatthegovernmentmustrespectallofthelegalrightsthat
areowedtoapersonaccordingtothelawiDueprocessholdsthegovernmentsubservient
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