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Judicial activism comes into existence when courts do not confine themselves to adjudication of legal conflicts but adventure to make social policies, affecting thereby many more people and interests than if they had confined themselves to the resolution of narrow disputes. The activism of a court, thus, can be measured by the degree of power that it exercises over citizens, the legislature, and the administration.
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George P. Fletcher, ‘In Gorbachev’s Courts,’ The New York Review, 18 May 1989, p. 13.
Henry J. Abraham, The Judicial Process: An Introductory Analysis of the Courts of the United States, England, and France, 5th edn (New York: Oxford University Press, 1986), p. 323.
Peter H. Russell, Rainer Knopff, and Ted Morton, Federalism and the Charter: Leading Constitutional Decisions (Ottawa: Carleton University Press, 1989), p. 494.
Peter H. Russell, The Judiciary in Canada: The Third Branch of Government (Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1987), p. 60.
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Holland, K.M. (1991). Introduction. In: Holland, K.M. (eds) Judicial Activism in Comparative Perspective. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-11774-1_1
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