Topic > Kingdom of Jordan - 3142

Jordan does not have a system that uses judicial review because it is a civil law country that uses an inquisitorial system. When we look at an inquisitorial system we see that it is a legal system where the court or parts of the court are actively involved in investigating the facts of the case which can be positive or negative depending on the case. Their courts have judges and their judges “subject both to the authority and to that of the law” (Jordan). Their judges are educated and trained to be public servants. Since Jordan is a Muslim country, its judges have studied Sharia and law extensively before becoming judges. Looking at how their judges received their positions, we must first look at the king and see if he has to approve the appointment and dismissal of judges, but there is a committee when it comes to this. Jordan's judges are supervised and overseen by the Higher Judicial Council, a committee that makes its own independent decisions regarding periodic recommendations submitted to it by the Ministry of Justice. The whole point of their procedural and judicial system is to seek the truth. Looking at Jordan's lawyers we see that they play a very passive role, in the sense that they do not participate