Kenya has is a constitutional republic. It has a mixed legal structure utilizing English Law, Common Law, Islamic Law, and a Judicial Review process as the Supreme Court level.
Woodrow Wilson
Gibbons v. Ogden -- interstate commerce
One of John Marshall's accomplishments was to make the supreme court a co-branch of government. He did this when he was chief justice of the United States.
Key decisions of the supreme court under the leadership pf john marshall solidified the power of the supreme court to review the constitutionality of the state and federal law.
The United States. Most foreign countries don't allow their high court to exercise judicial review.
The principle of judicial review.
It exercises the broad "judicial power of the United States"
Judicial Review.
Judicial review
Judicial Review
Jurisdictional review empowers ordinary or special courts to nullify both legislation and executive acts that contravene the Constitution. It stabalizes and limits democracy (from a political point of view) There are two kinds of Judicial Review: Abstract Review --> Only used by a Constitutional Court. This review is an advisory but binding opinion on a proposed law Concrete Review --> Used by the Supreme Court as by the Constitutional Court and arises in the context of a specific case.
Marbury vs. Madison
found the governmental action is question to be constitutional.
it depends on the country. what country are you referring to?
Judicial review is important because laws passed need to be checked to make sure they are constitutional. This review is performed by members of the Supreme Court
The Judicial Branch has the power of Judicial Review. They have the ability to review decisions made by the other two branches of government, and they have to measures to allow or prevent them from occurring.