Search results for: “natural justice”
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Natural Law
A typical definition of natural law which overstressed the universality of the concept was provided by Olivecrona (1971: 8): In contradistinction to positive law, 'natural law' generally means a law that has not been posited. Even if it is ascribed to the will of God, it is supposed to […]
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Distributive Justice
Distributive Justice International or Global Distributive Justice Resources See Also Foreign Policy Foreign Affairs International Relations Further Reading Abizadeh, A. (2007). Cooperation, pervasive impact, and coercion: On the scope (not site) of distributive justice. Philosophy & Public Affairs, 35(4), 318–358. Abizadeh, A., & Gilabert, P. (2008). Is there a genuine tension between cosmopolitan egalitarianism and…
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Natural Law Theory
Main source: Finnis, John, "Natural Law Theories", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2011 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = . Definition of Legal Law Among the theories that define legal law there are: the theory of Hans Kelsen, who argues that law is […]
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Central American Court of Justice
Central American Court of Justice (CACJ) This entry includes background information and links to the Agreement on the Statute of the Central American Court of Justice, the Ordinance of Procedures and Regulations, and resolutions of the court. Description Since the demise of the Spanish […]
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Natural Law Definition
Natural Law Definition The natural-law school of thought emphasizes that law should be based on a universal moral order. Natural law was “discovered” by humans through the use of reason and by choosing between that which is good and that which is evil. Here is the definition of natural law according to the Cambridge Dictionary…
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Natural-law School
Natural-law School The natural-law school has its roots in Stoic philosophy and Roman jurisprudence; it was increasingly dominant in Europe from the Reformation to the close of the 18th century. The theory of the analytical school was first sharply formulated by the English philosopher Thomas Hobbes in his Leviathan (1651). The views of this school,…
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Natural obligation
Natural obligation A natural obligation arises from circumstances in which the law implies a particular moral duty to render a performance. It may not be enforced by judicial action; however, whatever has been freely performed in compliance with a natural obligation may not be reclaimed, and a contract made for the performance of a natural…
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Natural Law Theories
Natural Law Theories In General This entry considers natural law theories only as theories of law. That is not to say that legal theory can be adequately identified and pursued independently of moral and political theory. Nor is it to deny that there are worthwhile natural law theories much more concerned with foundational issues in…
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International Court of Justice Resources
International Court of Justice Resources Official Publications of the ICJ Reports of Judgments, Advisory Opinions, & Orders: Advisory opinions and orders of the Court are printed chronologically and each issue volume has indexes and a table of contents. The original is printed on the left-hand page and the translation is on the right-hand page. Both…
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Soft Law
Compliance with Soft Law In the study of compliance with soft law, several factors were identified in advance as possibly affecting state performance. While most of them apply to all subject areas in the study, the relative importance of each varies from one subject to another. The […]
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Soft Law
Compliance with Soft Law In the study of compliance with soft law, several factors were identified in advance as possibly affecting state performance. While most of them apply to all subject areas in the study, the relative importance of each varies from one subject to another. The […]
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Civil Law System
Overview Civil law may be defined as that legal tradition which has its origin in Roman law, as codified in the Corpus Juris Civilis of Justinian,[1] and as subsequently developed in Continental Europe and around the world. Civil law eventually divided into two streams: the codified Roman […]