##  [Judicial Independence](/index.php/judicial-independence) 

  ##  [Judicial Independence](https://social.quantumdictionary.io/judicial-independence-0) 

  

 [![Social Sciences Dictionary](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2026-01/Social%20Sciences.png.webp?itok=FFG6NW1n)](/index.php/topic-specific-dictionaries/social-sciences)



**Social Sciences Dictionary**

 







 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

Definition

The degree to which a judiciary can decide cases according to law and evidence without improper influence from the executive, legislature, private parties, or transient popular opinion; operationalised by institutional and procedural safeguards (for example, security of tenure, impartial appointment and removal procedures, budgetary autonomy, and case-assignment rules) together with individual jud