juristocracy

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Noun

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juristocracy (plural juristocracies)

  1. Rule or government by the judiciary or court system.
    • 2012, Matthias Klatt, Institutionalized Reason: The Jurisprudence of Robert Alexy, page 205:
      Does that not imply that a court charged with the application of rights assumes the role of a superlegislature, transforming liberal democracies into juristocracies?
    • 2020 July 10, Key Dingake, “Reflections on Malawi's 2019 elections court decisions”, in Mmegi[1]:
      The era of juristocracy carries with it certain obligations by the judiciary.