Multiple Choice
'Judicial activism' is:
A) a boot camp for judges.
B) the manner in which judges interpret legislation or apply legal rules to new situations.
C) the practice where judicial officers lobby parliament for changes in legislation.
D) where judges make decisions on the basis of perceived national trends and contemporary values thereby creating new law.
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