El poder judicial es un poder del Estado encargado de administrar la justicia en una sociedad. Es una de las tres facultades y funciones primordiales del Estado (junto con el poder legislativo y el poder ejecutivo), mediante la aplicación de las normas jurídicas en la resolución de conflictos. Por "Poder", en el sentido de poder público, se entiende a la organización, institución o conjunto de órganos del Estado, que en el caso del Poder Judicial son los órganos judiciales o jurisdiccionales: juzgados y tribunales, que ejercen la potestad jurisdiccional, que suele gozar de imparcialidad, autonomía y poder absoluto dentro de la ley. Según la teoría clásica de Montesquieu de la separación de poderes, que distingue entre poder legislativo, ejecutivo y judicial, la división garantiza la libertad del ciudadano. Montesquieu compuso su teoría después de un viaje a Inglaterra en donde interpretó que un poder judicial independiente puede ser un freno eficaz del poder ejecutivo. Bajo esta separación de poderes, nace el llamado estado de derecho, en el cual los poderes públicos están igualmente sometidos al imperio de la ley. El poder judicial debe ser independiente para poder someter a los restantes poderes, en especial el ejecutivo, cuando estos contravengan el ordenamiento jurídico y convertirse en el encargado de hacer efectivo la idea del Derecho como elemento regulador de la vida social.

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The judiciary (also known as the judicial system or court system) is the system of courts that interprets and applies the law in the name of the state. The judiciary also provides a mechanism for the resolution of disputes. In some nations, under doctrines of separation of powers, the judiciary generally does not make law (which is the responsibility of the legislature) or enforce law (which is the responsibility of the executive), but rather interprets law and applies it to the facts of each case. In other nations, the judiciary can make law, known as Common Law, by setting precedent for other judges to follow, as opposed to Statutory Law made by the legislature. The Judiciary is often tasked with ensuring equal justice under law. In many jurisdictions the judicial branch has the power to change laws through the process of judicial review. Courts with judicial review power, may annul the laws and rules of the state when it finds them incompatible with a higher norm, such as primary legislation, the provisions of the constitution or international law. Judges constitute a critical force for interpretation and implementation of a constitution, thus de facto in common law countries creating the body of constitutional law. For a people to establish and keep the 'Rule of Law' as the operative norm in social constructs great care must be taken in the election and/or appointment of unbiased and thoughtful legal scholars whose loyalty to an oath of office is without reproach. If law is to govern and find acceptance generally courts must exercise fidelity to justice which means affording those subject to its jurisdictional scope the greatest presumption of inherent cultural relevance within this framework. In the US during recent decades the judiciary became active in economic issues related with economic rights established by constitution because "economics may provide insight into questions that bear on the proper legal interpretation". Since many countries with transitional political and economic systems continue treating their constitutions as abstract legal documents disengaged from the economic policy of the state, practice of judicial review of economic acts of executive and legislative branches have begun to grow. In the 1980s, the Supreme Court of India for almost a decade had been encouraging public interest litigation on behalf of the poor and oppressed by using a very broad interpretation of several articles of the Indian Constitution. Budget of the judiciary in many transitional and developing countries is almost completely controlled by the executive. The latter undermines the separation of powers, as it creates a critical financial dependence of the judiciary. The proper national wealth distribution including the government spending on the judiciary is subject of the constitutional economics.It is important to distinguish between the two methods of corruption of the judiciary: the state (through budget planning and various privileges), and the private. The term "judiciary" is also used to refer collectively to the personnel, such as judges, magistrates and other adjudicators, who form the core of a judiciary (sometimes referred to as a "bench"), as well as the staffs who keep the system running smoothly. In some countries and jurisdictions, judiciary branch is expanded to include additional public legal professionals and institutions such as prosecutors, state lawyers, ombudsmen, public notaries, judicial police service and legal aid officers. These institutions are sometimes governed by the same judicial administration that governs courts, and in some cases the administration of the judicial branch is also the administering authority for private legal professions such as lawyers and private notary offices. Judiciary makes the laws according to some points on the top but no one follows it then what is the use of making laws. So please start following laws

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