<P> In the US during recent decades the judiciary became active in economic issues related with economic rights established by constitution because "economics may provide insight into questions that bear on the proper legal interpretation". Since many countries with transitional political and economic systems continue treating their constitutions as abstract legal documents disengaged from the economic policy of the state, practice of judicial review of economic acts of executive and legislative branches have begun to grow . </P> <P> In the 1980s, the Supreme Court of India for almost a decade had been encouraging public interest litigation on behalf of the poor and oppressed by using a very broad interpretation of several articles of the Indian Constitution . </P> <P> Budget of the judiciary in many transitional and developing countries is almost completely controlled by the executive . The latter undermines the separation of powers, as it creates a critical financial dependence of the judiciary . The proper national wealth distribution including the government spending on the judiciary is subject of the constitutional economics . It is important to distinguish between the two methods of corruption of the judiciary: the state (through budget planning and various privileges), and the private . </P> <P> The term "judiciary" is also used to refer collectively to the personnel, such as judges, magistrates and other adjudicators, who form the core of a judiciary (sometimes referred to as a "bench"), as well as the staffs who keep the system running smoothly . </P>

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