|
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries: |
Research categories | Follow us on Twitter |
Research categories
View all topics in the newsView all reference sources at Encyclopedia.com |
|||
|
International Court of Justice
International Court of Justice principal judicial organ of the United Nations, established by chapter 14 of the UN Charter. It superseded the Permanent Court of International Justice (see World Court ), and its statute for the most part repeats that of the former tribunal. The court consists of 15... Read more |
|
Eli
Eli , in the Bible, high priest and judge of Israel, teacher of the boy Samuel.... Read more |
|
Hua Guofeng
Hua Guofeng or Hua Kuo-feng , 1920-2008, Chinese Communist leader. He was relatively unknown until he became minister of public security and deputy premier in 1975. As Mao Zedong 's designated heir, he became premier following Zhou Enlai 's death (Jan., 1976) and chairman of the Chinese... Read more |
|
Abdon
Abdon , in the Bible. 1 Judge of Israel. 2 Officer under Josiah. He also appears as Achbor.... Read more |
|
Recuse
RECUSE To disqualify or remove oneself as a judge over a particular proceeding because of one's conflict of interest. Recusal, or the judge's act of disqualifying himself or herself from presiding over a proceeding, is based on the maxim that judges are charged with a duty of impartiality in... Read more |
|
Judge
JUDGE To make a decision or reach a conclusion after examining all the factual evidence presented. To form an opinion after evaluating the facts and applying the law. A public officer chosen or elected to preside over and to administer the law in a court of justice; one who controls the... Read more |
|
Judge Advocate
JUDGE ADVOCATE A legal adviser on the staff of a military command. A designated officer of the Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAGC) of the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps. The JAGC was created by george washington on July 29, 1775, only 44 days after he took command of the... Read more |
|
Qadi
QADI Islamic judge. According to Muslim legal doctrine, the qadi or judge is a public official whose primary responsibilities entail the administration of justice on the basis of the divinely revealed law of Islam, known in Arabic as the shari Read more |
|
Rhadamanthus
Rhadamanthus , in Greek mythology, son of Zeus and Europa. Renowned for his justice on earth, the gods made him one of the judges of the dead.... Read more |
|
Damon J. Keith
Damon Keith 1922– Federal judge Keith’s Early Years Fulfilled A Drea... Read more |
|
|
DEATHS ELSEWHERE
Jiang Hua Chinese JudgeJiang Hua, 93, who as chief judge of China's highest...24 in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou...Revolution. In 1975, Mr. Jiang was appointed president...McKnight Sr., 84, a ... |
|
|
CHINA: JUDGE'S COMMENT STIRS CONTROVERSY OVER DEATH PENALTY.
...appointed top judge has outraged many...contend that the Chinese people commonly...to society," former top judge Xiao...secret. The Dui Hua Foundation...that researches Chinese prisons -- has...ministry spokeswoman ... |
|
|
On the rim
...been holding a Chinese missile expert...The researcher, Hua Di, was arrested...family in China, Hua, who chose not...At the start of former Deputy Prime Minister...the presiding judge rejected a request...against violence.A ... |
|
|
SWEATSHOPS FACE NEW STATE EFFORTS.
...general manager of Hua Great Procetech...investigators found four former employees of the...Huang and De Ru Jiang -- after they...would be set by the judge who hears the case. Since the Hua Great Procetech...a block of the ... |