Judicial Discontents in Democracy: Interrogating the Contradictions

Adeline Nnenna Idike (), Ikechukwu Ogoeze (), K. C Nwachukwu () and Remi Chukwudi Okeke ()
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Adeline Nnenna Idike: Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Nigeria
Ikechukwu Ogoeze: Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Nigeria
K. C Nwachukwu: Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Nigeria
Remi Chukwudi Okeke: Madonna University, Okija, Anambra State, Nigeria

Proceedings of the 16th International RAIS Conference, March 30-31, 2020 from Research Association for Interdisciplinary Studies

Abstract: The French judge and political philosopher, Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, otherwise, simply known as Montesquieu, propounded the theory of separation of powers, currently implemented in many democracies across the world. Implicit in the terminology of separation of powers, is the desire for a seamless democracy or the type of democracy with minimal national bitterness. None of the three arms of government was ever envisaged to be a possible source of discontent in democracy. What then is to be done when one of these tripartite coequals becomes the source of discontent in an assumed democratic polity? This paper interrogates the embedded issues.

Keywords: judiciary; judicial discontents; democracy; democratic regimes; Nigeria (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 6 pages
Date: 2020-04
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Published in Proceedings of the 16th International RAIS Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities, March 30-31, 2020, pages 49-54

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