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petty sessions petty sessions
petty sessions. These were the regular courts held by the justices of the peace to try minor criminal offences summarily—i.e. without a jury. The office of justice of the peace dates back to the conservators of the peace, appointed by Richard I, but the most important legislation... Read more
Obstruction of Justice Obstruction of Justice
OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE What brought down President Richard Nixon was not any involvement in planning the burglary of the Democrat National Committee's Watergate offices but his efforts, while president, to obstruct the investigation of that crime. In this instance, as in many others, Nixon's effort... Read more
John Paul Stevens John Paul Stevens
John Paul Stevens 1920-, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1975-). After receiving his law degree from Northwestern Univ. (1947), he clerked with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Wiley Rutledge (1947-48). After many years of private practice in Chicago, he was named to the federal Court of... Read more
Curia Curia
CURIA [ Latin, Court.] A judicial tribunal or court convened in the sovereign's palace to dispense justice. A court that exercised jurisdiction over civil matters, as distinguished from religious matters, which were determined by ecclesiastical courts, a system of courts in England that were held... Read more
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JusticeJustice as general virtueProcedural justiceMajor philosophies of substantive justiceJustice as active processBIBLIOGRAPHYIn the beginnings of recorded ethical and legal thought the term “justice” was used as equivalent to righteousness in general. Justice comprised the whole of virtue and... Read more
Harlan Fiske Stone Harlan Fiske Stone
Harlan Fiske Stone 1872-1946, American jurist, 12th Chief Justice of the United States (1941-46), b. Chesterfield, N.H. A graduate (1898) of Columbia Univ. law school, he was admitted (1899) to the bar, practiced law in New York City, and lectured at the Columbia law school, where he became... Read more
William Joseph Brennan Jr William Joseph Brennan Jr
William Joseph Brennan, Jr. 1906-97, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1956-90), b. Newark, N.J. After receiving his law degree from Harvard, he practiced law in Newark. He served as a New Jersey superior court judge (1949-50), appellate division judge (1950-52), and state supreme court... Read more
Act of Settlements and Removals Act of Settlements and Removals
Settlements and Removals, Act of, 1662. The end of the Civil War period left the Elizabethan poor law arrangements in confusion, since many people had left their native villages and towns, some to join armies, others to find work. Charles II's Cavalier Parliament brought in an Act ‘for the... Read more
Joseph Story Joseph Story
Joseph Story 1779-1845, American jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (1811-45), b. Marblehead, Mass. Admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1801, he practiced law in Salem and was several times elected to the Massachusetts legislature. He served briefly in the U.S. Congress in 1808-9.... Read more

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