constitutional adjudication
1Constitutional Court of Korea — Established 1988 Jurisdiction Republic of Korea Location Seoul Composition method Legislative executive selection Authorized by Constitution …
2Constitutional avoidance — In United States constitutional law, the doctrine of constitutional avoidance dictates that a federal court should refuse to rule on a constitutional issue if the case can be resolved on a nonconstitutional basis. When a federal court is faced… …
3Adjudication — is the legal process by which an arbiter or judge reviews evidence and argumentation including legal reasoning set forth by opposing parties or litigants to come to a decision which determines rights and obligations between the parties… …
4court — /kawrt, kohrt/, n. 1. Law. a. a place where justice is administered. b. a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases. c. a session of a judicial assembly. 2. an area open to the sky and mostly or entirely… …
5Court — /kawrt, kohrt/, n. Margaret Smith, born 1942, Australian tennis player. * * * I In architecture, an outdoor room surrounded by buildings or walls. Courts have existed in all civilizations from the earliest recorded times. The small garden court… …
6Judicial activism — is a pejorative term for the misuse of judicial power and is a neologism for the older classical term board judicial review . The most common connotation is subjective, in which the speaker condemns judicial decisions that, in the view of the… …
7Thio Li-ann — Infobox MP honorific prefix = Professor Dr. name = Thio Li ann caption = constituency MP = parliament = 11th term start = 18 January 2007 term end = present birth date = Birth date and age|1968|3|10|df=yes birth place = Singapore death date =… …
8John Marshall Harlan II — Infobox Judge name = John Marshall Harlan imagesize = caption = office = Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court termstart = March 28, 1955 termend = September 23, 1971 nominator = Dwight D. Eisenhower appointer = predecessor =… …
9Nullification (U.S. Constitution) — Nullification is a legal theory that a State has the right to nullify, or invalidate, any federal law which that state has deemed unconstitutional. The theory is based on a view that the States formed the Union by an agreement (or compact ) among …
10Separation of church and state in the United States — The phrase separation of church and state (sometimes wall of separation between church and state ), attributed to Thomas Jefferson and others, and since quoted by the Supreme Court of the United States, expresses an understanding of the intent… …
