Judicial Checks On the Executive

This sub-indicator assesses the extent to which government powers are effectively limited by the judiciary. It is based on the following criteria: the extent to which in practice, the government's power is distributed among different independent branches, the government always obeys the decisions of the high courts, the judiciary's willingness to review and chalenge executive policy, national/local/electoral appeals courts are free of political influence in their application of power, and the government exercises undue influence to affect the outcome of the case.