Discretionary Area of Judgment

Discretionary area of judgment in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of discretionary area of judgment.

Resources

See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Policeman
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• discretionary area of judgment in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• discretionary area of judgment in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

English Legal System: Discretionary Area of Judgment

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Discretionary Area of Judgment : A concept used in some cases in the domestic courts when reviewing decisions of public authorities under the *European Convention on Human Rights. The concept allows the courts to defer on democratic grounds to the decisions of elected bodies. It follows from the fact that the concept of the *margin of appreciation is not applicable in the domestic courts.