ABSTRACT
Abstract judicial review is, in comparison to other areas of constitutional court jurisdiction, only studied rarely and even less often using empirical methods. This chapter will present a quantitative representation of the decision-making patterns in abstract judicial review. The last 30 years have seen a change in the number of cases seeing review; the majority of this change is spread over the whole range of areas of law, though tax law case patterns have altered most. This chapter, therefore, will answer the following questions:
How has the number of abstract review cases changed over time?
How has the decision-making pattern changed?
Are certain areas of law more affected?
Do different levels of public trust affect decision-making?
Changes in attitudes?
Educational changes?
