"their cannot be a democratic poitical system without the independent judiciary"critically discuss this.
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This statement makes the assumption that there is a judicial section within the government just as in the US government.  The independend judiciary refers to the fact that the court system is used to enforce the law of the land as well as provide a balance against the misuse of power by the other sectors within the government, like the executive branch of government.
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thank god for our justice system. other countries would let this and things like the CIA Leak thing just go uninvestigated. despite the rampant GOP corruption we have, at least we have an independent justice system
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Democracies are cooperative systems.  As such, they must be voluntarily entered into.  You cannot order a democracy into existance, likewise, you must voluntarily surrender your own autonomy.\n\nFor an outsider to deem a governmental system as democratic, it needs the voluntary assent of the governed.  The governed need some safe mechanism to make their desires effective.  In most places this is through voting, although caucusing is often used.  Representation for a period of time through a system of popular selection would be sufficient with right of redress.  In addition, a set of rights to protect the minority from the majority should be in place.\n\nThe problem with the war in Iraq is the Bush administration does not understand that democracy is a cooperative system and cannot be imposed.
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There is nothing called 'Honorable Law.' The judges are addressed as Honorable Court for judicial decorum.
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Law is the fabric of democracy.  Not everyone needs to be an expert (even lawyers often know relatively little about areas outside their specialization) but knowledge of the law--or, more aptly, knowledge of how to FIND the law when needed in a given situation--empowers the inidvidual to assert his rights and to obtain the benefits that our wonderful system provides.
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Don't really know, but the judicial system, even if they are, is set up to watch out for this.  The judge's only power is to interpret law and therefore can only make a ruling without a jury when there is only legal questions presented.  Any issues of fact must be determined by a jury, and any action the judge takes outside of his legal duty can be brought up on appeal, such as if he decides there are no issues of fact and does a summary judgment.
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If the truth be told - there is no such thing as 'democracy' for all, and there never will be.\nSociety needs rules, the moment you have rules, you interfere with someones freedom - that is not democratic.
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If a judge renders an opinion on an issue that does not directly relate to the issue before him or her, the opinion on that issue is called dicta. While that opinion is not binding, it could be pursuasive to other judges. Should judges be allowed to express their opinions? Sure.\n\nGenerally, judges can do whatever they want.
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No ... How can someone force democracy on someone else? If it's forced, then is it really a democracy? If there is ever to be democracy or peace over there, then they will have to resolve it themselves.
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Democracy is people's government.
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There is law and SELECTIVE justice.
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I don't know if it qualifies as a system or not, but individuals making decisions for themselves is surely better than them being made for you by the state.
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If government agencies such as the NSA are allowed to overhear or read private phone conversations or e-mails or otherwise scrutinize private communications of people who live in this country — whether citizens or non-citizens — *without* the scrutiny and oversight of judges, who are in the last instance answerable to the law and to the public, they are creating a domain within the state that is exempt from the sovereignty of the people. This undermines democracy (however fake of a democracy it is anyway) and creates a state within the statue — usually thought to be a distinguishing feature of dictatorships, in which secret services, torturers, etc. are also neither answerable to the law nor to the people.
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People have a very warped idea of democracy.\n\nIt technically is impossible but without it, it cannot form.\n\nIn the beginning, they siad that woman could not vote and men could.  It was siad to be an unfair democracy.\nThen they tried to make it fairer and then realised that they was stopping the general public from having an input and corrected that to ensure democracy is fair.\nThen there was the death penalty and is it inhumane to use this as punishment and this country (Canada) removed that and there is still discussion about corperal punishment - We are deneying children of the right to not be spanked and imposing our thought that it is OK on our children.  Some countried have banned that, and then they found there was still other unfairnesses that do not line up with the definition of democracy so that it is fair to.\n\nTo really get a good idea of what is right and wrong, we can't just consider our own views and votes but how they effect others to.  This is the bases of the European Union and so they brought in the human rights acts and safety laws that consider everyones rights to such digities dispite the majority votes against it.  i.e. children are not spanked dispite most adults would, that is not respecting the children.\n\nThis goes on and on getting adjusted to make it fairer and fairer.\nIn a sense, democracy is about un-fairness as much as it is about fair-ness.\nJust because we have a majority vote, it does not make that vote for what ever we want right in consideration for the whole eg. death penalty.\n\nDecracy is not meant to be fair, it is meant to become fair!\nThrough democracy we learn!\n\nCREED
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Absolutely NOT!!!  Your statement, 'Many parties tend to keep each other honest, and would represent all levels of society.' is a the most accurate assesment of what is TRUE DEMOCRACY!!!
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It's not.  It's a republic.  In a democracy, all the people would have to vote to pass every law.  In a republic, we elect representatives to do that for us.
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Democracy isn't an ideal system.  There are numerous flaws.  However it is the best form of government on the planet.  With a democratic society you aren't dragged out of your bed and taken off to some field and shot because you made a derogatory comment about your country's leader (Oh yes this does happen in other parts of the world.)  You say that freeing people from this type of persecution is unethical?!?  And these small groups that you are referring to are the ones dragging people out of their beds.\n\nOur founding fathers were living under an oppressive form of government.  If you read the deceleration of independence and even the preamble to the constitution you'll see what they were shooting for,  a form of government by the people and for the people.  Remember we are one of the newest country’s in the world but we also have the oldest constitution still in use today.\n\n\nWe the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America\n\nI truly wish you get the opportunity to travel outside the US.  So you can realize just how good you have it here. I don't know what college you are going to my dear but frankly you should ask for a refund.\n\nAnd remember the Freedom you are now enjoying to complain was paid for with the blood of this country's solders, IE that's why we aren't speaking German, Japanese or Russian.