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Judicial Discretion in Canada
Judicial Discretion
Definition of Judicial Discretion by Rand Dyck and Christopher Cochrane (in their book “Canadian Politics: Critical Approaches”) in the context of political science in Canada: The leeway inevitably bestowed on the courts when they interpret laws, even when they do not, or have no power to, overturn them.
Definition of Judicial Discretion
Judicial Discretion meaning or descrpition: a judge’s freedom to apply rules or decide issues in the context of a case (Source of this concept of Judicial Discretion: emp.ca/books/163-1)
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