Civil Law: Separation of Powers and Judicial Review

Running head: QUESTIONS 1
CIVIL LAW
Student details:
4/18/2019

QUESTIONS 2
Answer 1:
The concept of separation of powers is applicable to the UK and the nature of judicial functions,
executive functions and legislative functions. Parliament, judiciary and executive are significant arms of
state. In United Kingdom, Parliament contains Crown, House of Lords and House of Commons.
Parliament makes the law, reviews the Executive; authorizes the administrative expenditures. The other
function of Parliament is to represent the residents. The Parliament amends Constitution. It also
legislates on the cases of Judiciary like the conditions related to services of magistrates. power,
authority, and organization1.
Further, the executive contains Crown and governments of United Kingdom involving Cabinet Ministers
and PM. The executive is one of three main functions of Parliament. The main function of executive is to
formulate policies and implement them. The executive makes and applies the laws and interpret the
same. The executive negotiates treaties according to the process explained by international law as well
as according to the provisions the constitution2. Furthermore, the judiciary contains the magistrates in
courts of law, who have legal offices in tribunal and the lay judges who employ the court of magistrate.
The Crown makes the senior judicial appointments. It gives a ruling in dispute. The judiciary also
administers the justice as per criminal law. Additionally, the higher judiciary performs as Constitution’s
custodian. The reason is that it is liable for the explanation and implementation3.
Answer 2:
1 Ahmed Saif,
Legislature in Transition: the Yemeni Parliament (Routledge, 2017).
2 Edwards Corwin,
The Doctrine of Judicial Review: its legal and historical basis and other essays. (Routledge, 2017).
3
Representation From Above (Routledge 2017).