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Judicial Activism
Activism, Judicial BIBLIOGRAPHY Judicial activism is a philosophy that motivates judges to depart from strict adherence to judicial precedent, statutes, and strict interpretation of the United States Constitution. The juridical reasoning behind judicial activism is that the judiciary should... Read more |
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Judicial
JUDICIAL Relating to the courts or belonging to the office of a judge; a term pertaining to the administration of justice, the courts, or a judge, as in judicial power. A judicial act involves an exercise of discretion or an unbiased decision by a court or judge, as opposed to a ministerial,... Read more |
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Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
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Judicial Conference of the United States
JUDICIAL CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES The Judicial Conference of the United States formulates the administrative policies for the federal courts. The Judicial Conference also makes recommendations on a wide range of topics that relate to the federal courts. The conference is chaired by the chief... Read more |
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Benjamin Nathan Cardozo
Benjamin Nathan Cardozo , 1870-1938, American jurist, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1932-38), b. New York City. Educated at Columbia Univ., he practiced law until he was elected (1913) to the New York supreme court. Cardozo was then appointed (1914) to the court of appeals, elected... Read more |
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Case Law
CASE LAW Legal principles enunciated and embodied in judicial decisions that are derived from the application of particular areas of law to the facts of individual cases. As opposed to statutes— Read more |
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council
council. The king's council in Ireland was constituted following the Anglo‐Norman conquest. A separate institution from the council following the king, it was charged with advising him and, more immediately, his governor of Ireland specifically concerning Irish affairs. Apart from matters... Read more |
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Civil Procedure
CIVIL PROCEDURE The methods, procedures, and practices used in civil cases. The judicial system is essentially divided into two types of cases: civil and criminal. Thus, a study of civil procedure is basically a study of the procedures that apply in cases that are not criminal. Generally,... Read more |
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Scire Facias
SCIRE FACIAS [Latin, Made known.] A judicial writ requiring a defendant to appear in court and prove why an existing judgment should not be executed against him or her. In the law, scire facias is a judicial writ that is brought in a case that has already been before a court. Writ is the old... Read more |
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State courts
STATE COURTS Judicial tribunals established by each of the fifty states. Each of the fifty state court systems in the United States operates independently under the constitution and the laws of the particular state. The character and names of the courts vary from state to state, but they have... Read more |
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Hardcovers in Brief
...architectural thrust. The Essential Holmes: Selections from the Letters, Speeches, Judicial Opinions, and Other Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., edited by Richard...Brahmin brow, Oliver Wendell ... |
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The Collected Works of Justice Holmes, 3 vols.
...Oliver Wendell Holmes is the towering...years of age, Holmes had completed...the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts...Oliver Wendell Holmes appeared...volumes of letters exchanged with...writings, speeches, and ... |