Judicial Review, For the People, By the People Judicial review is a function of our government that is carried out by the judicial branch, namely, the Supreme Court. ... Thus, these judges have been chosen by the people, as all high ranking officials ought to be, in a democratic government. ... This also means that unlike the other branches of government which are rotated regularly, the justices see many terms come and go. ... Each of the three branches of government has certain checks and balances over the other two branches. ... In addition, a term limit can not be set on such a job,...

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This allowed religious courts of the different religious communities to set the laws and standards of family practices. ... The Executive Branch The executive authority of the state is the government. ... All the governments in Israel's history have been made up of several parties because no individual party has received enough Knesset seats to form a government by itself. ... In most recent governments the ministers have almost all been Knesset members. ... They also have specialized courts which serve different functions. ...

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The writers of the US Constitution were determined to separate the powers of the federal government in to three branches: Legislative, Executive, and Judicial. ... Federal courts are set up on three levels. ... Justices are appointed for life and their salaries cannot be lowered while they serve. ... The Supreme Court's ability to set legal precedent, or that principles of law once established, should be accepted as authoritative in all subsequent similar cases, is strengthened by its nearly complete discretion in choosing cases it will hear. ...

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The Field code reforms were adopted by most states of the United States, by the federal government, and by the United Kingdom in the Judicature Act of 1873". ... But this was too much for just one King to handle, hence the Chancellor helped the King out by hearing those cases in a specially set up court called the Court of Chancery where the law of trust (a branch of the law of equity) applies. There are a few functions of equity, one is that it adapts to the general rules of circumstances, secondly it serves as a supplementary to gaps in the law and also spot the errors in law that is kno...

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