Sentence examples for the function of courts from inspiring English sources

By taking up the function of scrutinizing existing and prospective legislation for differentiating measures and inconsistencies with fundamental liberties, the Council may be encroaching on the functions of constitutional interpretation, which is traditionally the function of courts.

So, today, a review of the function of larger courts around the world offers a better model for the modern court.

Lord Hutton said: "It is not the function of the courts to decide hypothetical questions which do not impact on the parties before them".

Scalia argued that "the function of the Court is to preserve our society's values regarding (among other things) equal protection, not to revise them".

"The function of any court is to resolve actual conflicts," the judge added, noting that complaints about potential abuse of the information were based on hypothetical concerns rather than specific details.

There are too many parallels to avoid the corrosive link between the increased calls for repeal of the Human Rights Act 1998 at home and the UK attempts in the chair at the Council of Europe to change the function of the court from enforcer to advisor.

"The key point is that under the notion of the separation of powers, it is the function of the court to make the determination as to whether the act is one that would meet this legal definition and whether the legislation is necessary and proper to meet that objective.

Once you accept that premise, which I argue is the only logical one to make, then it must be the function of the court to provide real and practical protection, not something half-baked that doesn't do what it says on the tin.

It is the function of a court when asked to decide a matter which is within its jurisdiction to decide that matter according to law.

"Although the actions of the defendants may well be judged distasteful, and even contrary to Massachusetts's personnel laws, the function of this Court is limited to determining whether they violated the federal criminal statutes charged," Torruella wrote.

The case of Chng Suan Tze v. Minister for Home Affairs (1988) is the leading authority in Singapore law for the principle that the function of a court in the review of discretionary power depends on whether a jurisdictional or precedent fact was involved.