Judicial review

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Judicial review is a process by which a state's administrative, executive and, in certain jurisdictions, legislative actions are subject to review by the judiciary. In a judicial review, a court supervises and assesses the legality of governmental action, administrative decision-making and certain types of legislation. The range of acts which might be subject to judicial review, as well as the reasons for which they might be held unlawful, varies significantly between different jurisdictions. In most jurisdictions, however, courts in judicial review assess the compatibility of lower-range laws with superior forms of law. For example, an executive decision may be invalidated for being incompatible with primary legislation, or a statute may be invalidated for violating the terms of a constitution. In Enlightenment-based traditions of constitutionalism, judicial review is conceived of as one of the checks and balances central to the notion of separation of powers: it is the role of the judiciary...

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