Political Science 2230E Chapter Notes - Chapter 24: Scale-Invariant Feature Transform, Canadian Security Intelligence Service, Unemployment Benefits

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 2230E
• Professor: Caroline Dick

Document Summary

Now that the coraf has catapulted the courts into the middle of many heated political issues, however, political scientists are giving this fourth branch of government much more attention. Judiciary has always been associated with the rule adjudication function in the political system, although other institutions may perform part of this function. Adjudication interpreting the law in cases of dispute, of settling disputes by applying the law to them, or of making a judgement based on the law. Russell: providing authoritative settlements in disputes about the law . Judges engage in the authoritative resolution of legal disputes, but many disputes are resolved without going to court or before going through the entire judicial process. Out-of-court some sort of personal or political compromise only when an accommodation satisfactory to both sides cannot be reached that the formal adjudicatory process is pursued to the bitter end.