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What is the function of the judiciary?
The judiciary adjudicates legal disputes, interprets, defends, and applies the law in legal cases.
What is the judiciary's role in the separation of powers doctrine?
The judiciary generally does not make statutory law or enforce law, but rather interprets, defends, and applies the law to the facts of each case.
How does the judiciary change laws in many jurisdictions?
In many jurisdictions, the judicial branch has the power to change laws through the process of judicial review.
What is the meaning of the term 'judiciary'?
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What is the judiciary's role in some countries with regard to common law?
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What is the intention behind a system of separated powers?
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What is the difference between the separation of powers model and the trias politica principle?
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In what way does the separation of powers model contrast with the fusion of powers in monarchies?
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Why is the separation of powers model not always intended to create an outright limited government?
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What is the typical division into three branches of government in the separation of powers model?
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