Legal Concepts And Doctrines 1-19
19 entries in the Legal Concepts And Doctrines compendium.
Legal fictionA legal construct taken as true to facilitate a specific outcome.Legal informaticsStudy of information technology in legal contexts.Legitimacy (family law)Legal status of children based on parents' marriage.Mens reaGuilty mind required for criminal liability.Natural justiceProcedural rights ensuring impartiality and fair hearing in law.Negative and positive rightsRights obliging inaction or action, often in conflict.Proportionality (law)A legal principle balancing restriction and severity across multiple domains.Private propertyLegal concept of non-governmental ownership foundational to capitalism.Political legitimacyConcept of the right of authority to rule a society.NeocolonialismIndirect control of nominally independent states through economic and cultural means.NationA socially constructed, modern political community tied to the state.Partition (politics)Division of a unified territory into separate parts.Political globalizationGrowth of the worldwide political system and its institutions.Political machineParty organization using incentives and hierarchy to control elections.OstracismAthenian procedure for ten-year exile by popular vote.PenologySubfield of criminology studying punishment and prison management.LobbyingAdvocacy to influence policy decisions through direct contact with lawmakers.Limited governmentGovernment power restricted by law and consent.Malfeasance in officeUnlawful conduct by a public officer, often a crime.
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