Enforcement

Judicial rulings are binding. The expectation is that both parties comply voluntarily once the case has been heard and decided.

If a party refuses to comply, the matter can be elevated to Congress for an enforcement decision. At that stage, Congress may decide whether the ruling should be enforced, including by confiscation of Rooted Merits. At present, that is the main coercive enforcement tool available to the state.

This means the justice system combines private dispute handling with a political enforcement backstop. The judge resolves the dispute, and Congress steps in only when the binding ruling is ignored.