Judicial review has spread worldwide but remains absent under one-party systems

Evidence

There is no meaningful judicial review in much of the world, even though the habit has spread dramatically in recent decades; it is now common in Europe, in much of Latin America, and in such Asian and African countries as India and South Africa. The European Court of Human Rights does not hesitate to tell European governments that their actions violate the European charter of rights. In one-​party systems—​in China, for example, home to about 1.4 billion people—​courts of justice essentially carry out the will of the regime. — Lawrence M. Friedman and Grant M. Hayden, American Law, 1509

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• XREF: connects to: The US Constitution is the oldest written constitution still in force anywhere — Lawrence M. Friedman and Grant M. Hayden, American Law: An Introduction, 635