Highlight five negative impacts on a state should the judiciary fail to live up to its constitutional mandate.
Explanation
- State of lawlessness and recklessness
- Abuse of rights and liberties of citizens
- Loss of confidence in the judiciary/justice delivery system
- Upsurge in corrupt practices
- Increase in crime rate
- Erodes investor confidence in the state
- The life and security of personnel of the judiciary is put at risk
- Credibility of the judiciary suffers
- Discrimination in the justice delivery system
- Arbitrary exercise of power by commissions, agencies and organs of government
- It creates bad image within and outside the country
- It encourages electoral malpractices
- Encourages dictatorship
- Encourages non-observance of Rule of Law
- Role as interpreter of law will suffer setback
- Abuse of due process with impunity
- It may encourage disputes among the various organs government
- Justice for the highest 'bidder' is encouraged
- Encourages mob justice
- Aggrieved persons may seek other non legal means to protect their rights