Open this publication in new window or tab >>2024 (English)In: Constitutional Review in Western Europe: Judicial-Legislative Relations in Comparative Perspective / [ed] Kálmán Pócza, Routledge, 2024, p. 288-312Chapter in book (Other academic)
Abstract [en]
Today all five Nordic countries are counted among the legal systems that have a decentralized model of judicial review. All Nordic courts have the power of judicial review and may directly apply and enforce their national constitution. They are, however, also traditionally considered to have a model of weak judicial review, as judges are reluctant to use this power and give instead considerable deference to the legislature. The Nordic Supreme Courts have, however, not been an exception from the global trend of rising judicial power. They have often taken a firmer stand on constitutional issues in the last few decades, determining the fundamental questions of politics. In some cases, their decisions even provoked accusations of excessive judicial activism. This chapter, without being able to rely on the JUDICON dataset, will discuss the relationship between judicial and legislative power in the Nordic countries based on doctrinal and, in a smaller part, empirical research carried out in the last three decades.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Routledge, 2024
Keywords
courts, legislature, Nordic countries
National Category
Law (excluding Law and Society)
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-115745 (URN)9781032506623 (ISBN)9781032506630 (ISBN)9781003399490 (ISBN)
2024-09-022024-09-022024-09-03Bibliographically approved