Parlaments, Constitutional Review and Judicialization of Politics

World has experienced notable rise of the courts' influence during last few decades. Worldwide, judges decide about issues of significant social and political salience. This trend has been reflected on the most general level by the concept of judicialization of politics. The article briefly explains the emergence of judicialization of politics in context of the new constitutionalism and spread of judicial review of legislation. Then, several cases of major political importance, including decisions concerning elections, foreign and European policy, transitional justice or social policy, decided by the courts in various countries are mentioned. In the third part, definitions and selected aspects of judicialization of politics are given and Alec Stone Sweet's theory of constitutional politics is addressed.