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Judiciary - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Parliament are the supreme law maker
        
        Cannot question the law
- - - - Superior Judges are separate from Parliament
- - - - Judicial Appointment Committee
        
        Independent Commission
        
        Selects candidates for judicial office in courts and tribunals in England and Wales
        
        Appointment is separate from political influence
        
        Introduced by the constitutional reform act April 2006
        
        15 Members of the commission
        
        Drawn from the judiciary, legal profession, non-legally qualified judicial officer holders and the public
        
        Five Judicial Qualities
        
        Intellectual Capacity
        
        Integrity, independence of mind, sound judgement, decisiveness, objectivity and willingness to learn.
        
        Authority and communication skils
        
        Ability to understand and deal fairly
        
        Efficiency
    - - Files were kept with the Ministry of Justice on potential candidates (Process is called secret soundings)
        
        Candidates could not see their file
        
        Leads to errors and encouraged white male dominance
        
        Lord Chancellor selected judges based on opinions of existing judges.
        
        Process was very secretive
        
        Lord Chancellor was a political appointment
        
        Not free from political interference
      - Lord Chancellor
        
        Executive
        
        Government (Propose Law)
        
        Legislative
        
        Parliament (Make Law)
        
        Judiciary
        
        Judges (Interpret Law)