Judicial System

Judicial System in Saudi Arabia
in issuing and enforcing courts’ rulings. On the contrary, in
advanced countries we find that the power to issue courts’
ruling and enforcing them is exclusively the business of the
judiciary and heads of states are incapable of making any
interventions – so such countries are viewed as respectful
and feared.
The second form of indirect intervention is the lack of
job security to judges – this is the most serious threat to
the principle of the ‘independence of the judiciary’ and
destroys the morale of judges. If the judge is bothered by
fears of transfer to a remote area, obstructing his promotion,
threatened to be dismissed or any social or psychological
pressures that may impair his mental/ intellectual power …
then how such a judge will adjudicate fairly and be faithful
to his consciousness?
To sum up, ‘independence of the judiciary’ may be
divided into two: administrative independence and voluntary
independence. Administrative independence is a relative
matter in the sense that the judiciary may be separate from
other powers; however going very far in that direction may
paralyze the judiciary considering the overlapping relations
between the judiciary power and the executive power. Too, the
judiciary power may distance itself from the executive power
in matters of interventions while keeping administrative ties
so the relationship will be that of cooperation – this is good
and preferable and this is remarkable under Saudi laws such
as the Basic Law of Governance, the Judiciary Law and the
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