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"The harder draftsmen strive to devise judge-proof legislation, the more judges show determination and ingenuity in extending and reforming grounds of judicial review. Legislation deliberately designed to cut down the powers of the courts paradoxically, lead to their expansion." Discuss In the Caribbean Commonwealth Constitutions, citizens are afforded the right to access the courts in complaint of any abuse of state power, and it is further acknowledged that that right is not be impaired unnecessarily. On the other hand, stands another constitutional principle that parliament has the sovereign right to make laws for the good governance of the country and should not be hindered by review from the courts. Consequently, statutes have been formulated to fetter and limit the court's jurisdiction. One form of legislation designed to restrict or prevent judges from exercising the power of review of public officials is ouster clauses. Ouster clauses are found in the constitutions of Commonwealth...

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