THE JUDICIAL PROCESS HENRY J ABRAHAM UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Oxford University Press 1962 – 1998 NEW YORK AN INTRODUCTORY ANALYSIS OF THE COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES, ENGLAND AND FRANCE. CHAPTER VII JUDICIAL REVIEW: I THE SUPREME POWER ( page 251 ) DEFINING JUDICIAL REVIEW Certainly the most controversial and at times the most fascinating role of the “courts” in the United States in general and of the Supreme Court in particular is the exercise of the power of judicial review.