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Judicial Oversight of Bureaucracy

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Judicial activism; Judicial advice; Judicial charge; Judicial guidance; Judicial review; Judicial stewardship; Judicial supervision; Judicial surveillance

Definition

Judicial oversight refers to the process by which the judiciary examines the legality of any action of a person or authority, public or private, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution or any law of a country. Thus, judicial oversight of bureaucracy refers to the procedures and mechanisms of the judiciary by which the functions of bureaucracy are scrutinized and tested based on evidence for its validity or legitimacy.

Introduction

This chapter deals with a vital issue of governance that is judicial oversight of bureaucracy by which individual rights and accountability of bureaucrats are ensured. Judicial oversight has some common types widely and popularly used globally such as judicial review, judicial supervision, judicial activisms, and judicial advice (Mollah 2014). Typically, judicial review is...

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  1. Department of Public Administration, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh

    Md. Awal Hossain Mollah

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  1. Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA

    Ali Farazmand

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Awal Hossain Mollah, M. (2018). Judicial Oversight of Bureaucracy. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_697-3

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    Judicial Oversight of Bureaucracy
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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_697-3

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    Judicial Oversight of Bureaucracy
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