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29 relations: Adjudication, Antonin Scalia, Black's Law Dictionary, Case law, Civil law (legal system), Codification (law), Common law, Critical legal studies, Executive (government), Human rights, Instrumentalism, Judicial activism, Judiciary, Justice, Law, Legal positivism, Legal realism, Legislature, Metacognition, Normative, Originalism, Plain meaning rule, Precedent, Reasonable doubt, Rule according to higher law, Separation of powers, Supreme Court of the United States, Trier of fact, United States Constitution.
Adjudication
Adjudication is the legal process by which an arbiter or judge reviews evidence and argumentation, including legal reasoning set forth by opposing parties or litigants to come to a decision which determines rights and obligations between the parties involved.
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Antonin Scalia
Antonin Gregory Scalia (March 11, 1936 – February 13, 2016) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1986 until his death in 2016.
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Black's Law Dictionary
Black's Law is the most widely used law dictionary in the United States.
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Case law
Case law is a set of past rulings by tribunals that meet their respective jurisdictions' rules to be cited as precedent.
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Civil law (legal system)
Civil law, civilian law, or Roman law is a legal system originating in Europe, intellectualized within the framework of Roman law, the main feature of which is that its core principles are codified into a referable system which serves as the primary source of law.
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Codification (law)
In law, codification is the process of collecting and restating the law of a jurisdiction in certain areas, usually by subject, forming a legal code, i.e. a codex (book) of law.
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Common law
Common law (also known as judicial precedent or judge-made law, or case law) is that body of law derived from judicial decisions of courts and similar tribunals.
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Critical legal studies
Critical legal studies (CLS) is a school of critical theory that first emerged as a movement in the United States during the 1970s.
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Executive (government)
The executive is the organ exercising authority in and holding responsibility for the governance of a state.
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Human rights
Human rights are moral principles or normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, December 13, 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,, Retrieved August 14, 2014 that describe certain standards of human behaviour and are regularly protected as natural and legal rights in municipal and international law.
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Instrumentalism
Instrumentalism is one of a multitude of modern schools of thought created by scientists and philosophers throughout the 20th century.
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Judicial activism
Judicial activism refers to judicial rulings that are suspected of being based on personal opinion, rather than on existing law.
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Judiciary
The judiciary (also known as the judicial system or court system) is the system of courts that interprets and applies the law in the name of the state.
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Justice
Justice is the legal or philosophical theory by which fairness is administered.
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Law
Law is a system of rules that are created and enforced through social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior.
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Legal positivism
Legal positivism is a school of thought of analytical jurisprudence, largely developed by eighteenth- and nineteenth-century legal thinkers such as Jeremy Bentham and John Austin.
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Legal realism
Legal realism is a naturalistic approach to law, and is the view that jurisprudence should emulate the methods of natural science, i.e., rely on empirical evidence.
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Legislature
A legislature is a deliberative assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city.
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Metacognition
Metacognition is "cognition about cognition", "thinking about thinking", "knowing about knowing", becoming "aware of one's awareness" and higher-order thinking skills.
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Normative
Normative generally means relating to an evaluative standard.
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Originalism
In the context of United States constitutional interpretation, originalism is a way to interpret the Constitution's meaning as stable from the time of enactment, which can be changed only by the steps set out in Article Five.
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Plain meaning rule
The plain meaning rule, also known as the literal rule, is one of three rules of statutory construction traditionally applied by English courts.
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Precedent
In common law legal systems, a precedent, or authority, is a principle or rule established in a previous legal case that is either binding on or persuasive for a court or other tribunal when deciding subsequent cases with similar issues or facts.
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Reasonable doubt
Reasonable doubt is a term used in jurisdiction of common law countries.
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Rule according to higher law
The rule according to a higher law means that no law may be enforced by the government unless it conforms with certain universal principles (written or unwritten) of fairness, morality, and justice.
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Separation of powers
The separation of powers is a model for the governance of a state.
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Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the acronym SCOTUS) is the highest federal court of the United States.
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Trier of fact
A trier of fact, or finder of fact, is a person, or group of persons, who determines facts in a legal proceeding, usually a trial.
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United States Constitution
The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_formalism
