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Solicitor General
Solicitor General Of all the nation's officials, the solicitor general is the only one required by statute to be “learned in the law.” He is the chief courtroom lawyer for the executive branch and serves in the Justice Department, but he also has chambers at the Supreme Court. The fact... Read more |
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Law Merchant
LAW MERCHANT The system of rules and customs and usages generally recognized and adopted by traders as the law for the regulation of their commercial transactions and the resolution of their controversies. The law merchant is codified in the uniform commercial code (UCC), a body of law, which has... Read more |
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William Murray 1st earl of Mansfield
William Murray Mansfield, 1st earl of 1705-93, English jurist. As solicitor general (1742-54) he prosecuted the Scottish rebel lords, Balmerino (Arthur Elphinstone), Kilmarnock, and Lovat. In 1756 he was raised to the peerage and made lord chief justice, a post he held until 1788. He rationalized... Read more |
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international law
international law body of rules considered legally binding in the relations between national states, also known as the law of nations. It is sometimes called public international law in contrast to private international law (or conflict of laws ), which regulates private legal affairs affected by... Read more |
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Sir William Blackstone
Sir William Blackstone 1723-80, English jurist. At first unsuccessful in legal practice, he turned to scholarship and teaching. He became (1758) the first Vinerian professor of law at Oxford, where he inaugurated courses in English law. British universities had previously confined themselves to the... Read more |
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United States Department of Justice
United States Department of Justice federal executive department established in 1870 and charged with providing the means for enforcing federal laws, furnishing legal counsel in federal cases, and construing the laws under which other federal executive departments act. The department is headed by... Read more |
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Rule
RULE To command or require pursuant to a principle of the court, as to rule the sheriff to serve the summons. To settle or decide a point of law at a trial or hearing. An established standard, guide, or regulation governing conduct, procedure, or action. The word rule has a wide range of... Read more |
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maritime law
maritime law system of law concerning navigation and overseas commerce. Because ships sail from nation to nation over seas no nation owns, nations need to seek agreement over customs related to shipping. From such agreements between nations has grown a body of customs and usages that is the basis... Read more |
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military law
military law system of rules established for the government of persons in the armed forces. In most countries the legislature establishes the code of military law. It is distinguished from both martial law (rule by domestic military forces over an area) and military government (rule by the... Read more |
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civil law
civil law as used in this article, a modern legal system based upon Roman law , as distinguished from common law . Civil law is based on written legal codes, a hallmark of the Roman legal system, in which disputes were settled by reference to a written legal code arrived at through legislation,... Read more |
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Solicitor General
Solicitor General Of all the nation...learned in the law.” He is the...title as the “tenth justice.” The post of solicitor general was...Department of Justice. The first ... |
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Inherent Powers
...intended to grant. Justice Hugo Black took...words of the Tenth Amendment...maintenance of law and order, or from...Seizure Case, the solicitor general claimed that “this...international law. In 1789, the...the supreme ... |
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Bush's Tenth Justice.(nomination of solicitor general)
...Ted Olson as solicitor general he's done...learned in the law," also has...role, which Justice Lewis Powell...politics and the law separate. The...given, "the Tenth Justice...as it defends ... |
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OPENING STATEMENT AT THE CONFIRMATION HEARING ON THE NOMINATION OF SOLICITOR...
...to be the Solicitor General, the top...as the "Tenth Justice." She was...of Harvard Law School...been 111 Justices in the Supreme...serving as Justices. Sandra...year ago Justice ... |
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The Solicitor General's Role
...theme as does his 1987 book, "The Tenth Justice: The Solicitor General and the Rule of Law." In "Solicitor (Too) General" {Outlook, Jan...restore" the "formerly revered post" of ... |
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U.S. Solicitor General, Kenneth W. Starr, to address lawyers Tuesday....
U.S. SOLICITOR GENERAL TO ADDRESS...continue to rule that flag burning...United States Solicitor General Kenneth...Court, the Law and the Nation...called "the tenth justice," the ... |
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DODD'S STATEMENT ON SOLICITOR GENERAL KAGAN AS NEXT SUPREME COURT JUSTICE.
...today for Solicitor General Elena Kagan...Associate Justice on the United...Supreme Court Justice. "Supreme Court Justices are not just...that the rule of law should always...Associate ... |
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SEN. DODD ISSUES STATEMENT ON SOLICITOR GENERAL KAGAN AS NEXT SUPREME COURT...
...today for Solicitor General Elena Kagan...Associate Justice on the United...Supreme Court Justice. "Supreme Court Justices are not just...that the rule of law should always...Associate ... |
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The President's Man at the Supreme Court
THE TENTH JUSTICE The Solicitor General And the Rule of Law By Lincoln Caplan Knopf. 340...Caplan sets out to show in The Tenth Justice: The Solicitor General ... |
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Decorously Seeking the Solicitorship; Dellinger, Tribe Want to Plead...
...solicitor general appears before...the "10th justice." But can...would-be solicitors general in...leading lights - law professors...Court. Four solicitors general have...to become ... |
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'General Kagan' holds her own before high court
...months, Solicitor General Elena Kagan...interruptions of justices who tend...than I did, Justice Ginsburg...with fellow justices and handle...the "The Tenth Justice: The ... |
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'General Kagan' no newcomer to high court
...months, Solicitor General Elena Kagan...interruptions of justices who tend...than I did, Justice Ginsburg...with fellow justices and handle...the "The Tenth Justice: The ... |
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