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minus-squaresub_ubilinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoYes, the UK is an exception. Most countries have a codified constitution.
minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoYes, and most countries have judicial review.
minus-squaresub_ubilinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·5 months agoA moment ago you didn’t know that most countries have constitutions. Now you know all about judicial review?
minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-25 months agoWhat are you talking about? Context is everything. OP wrote this: the kind of power top courts have in other countries. And I responded that in those other countries, the constitution doesn’t exist or is not the supreme law of the land.
minus-squaresub_ubilinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoWhich is it? Most countries don’t have a constitution, or most have judicial review?
minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-25 months agoMost countries have a constitution that acts as a supreme law and have judicial review. As the OP suggested some countries don’t have judicial review, but they either have no constitution or it is not the supreme law.
The UK, for starters.
Yes, the UK is an exception. Most countries have a codified constitution.
Yes, and most countries have judicial review.
A moment ago you didn’t know that most countries have constitutions. Now you know all about judicial review?
What are you talking about?
Context is everything. OP wrote this:
And I responded that in those other countries, the constitution doesn’t exist or is not the supreme law of the land.
Which is it? Most countries don’t have a constitution, or most have judicial review?
Most countries have a constitution that acts as a supreme law and have judicial review.
As the OP suggested some countries don’t have judicial review, but they either have no constitution or it is not the supreme law.