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What to Study: Where did the idea of judicial activism arise? Remember who first used the term, what his profession was, in which year, and in which article and magazine.
What to Study: When was the doctrine introduced in India? Remember the four judges who are credited with laying its foundations.
What to Study: Be able to explain what role the judiciary plays in judicial activism, and for what purposes. What is its other name? Which concept is its opposite, and what does that opposite term mean?
What to Study: Understand the ideas that run through the different definitions: departing from precedent, judges making law, judges' personal views on policy, protecting or expanding individual rights, entering the domain of the legislature and executive, and opening the courts to more petitioners. How does judicial activism differ from judicial pessimism?