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justice| A goal of political activity and a subject of political enquiry since Plato. The term has been variously defined as fairness, equity, rightness, the equal distribution of resources, and positive discrimination in favour of underprivileged groups. It is most directly applied to the legal systems of states, and to decisions made by the recognized authorities within them. |
Justice| Village in Cook County, northeastern Illinois; population (1990) 11,100. Justice is a residential suburb situated on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, 23 km/14 mi southwest of Chicago. |
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Allen, Francis A
arbitration
clerk of the peace
Davis, David
Devlin, Patrick Arthur
Esher, William Baliol Brett, Viscount
European Union
Hague, The
Harlan, John Marshall
natural justice
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perverting the course of justice
Rehnquist, William
Roberts, John Glover Jr
Sewall, Samuel
Stone, Harlan Fiske
Sully-Prudhomme, Armand
Todd, Thomas
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| Legally, he shows that cunning folk were at least as much a concern as witches when the various "witchcraft" statutes were drafted, but they were seldom prosecuted rigorously, and as a consequence judicial measures never came close to suppressing them. Under the international convention against torture, which Morocco has adopted, each state shall take effective legislative, administrative and judicial measures to ban torture in all regions under its management, criminalize acts of torture and sue their perpetrators. In addition, they involve added costs, relative to passenger-related expenses that were not forecasted, the costs incurred with aircraft on the ground waiting for permission to take off, additional personnel expenses and eventual indemnifications that may be sought through judicial measures. |