Law

Articles about legal systems, rights, courts and legislation.

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International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)

International human rights law

International law

International law: principles, sources, institutions and practice

Interracial marriage

Intolerable Acts

Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts) — British laws of 1774 aimed at Massachusetts

Iron Act

Iron Act (1750) — British restrictions on colonial iron manufacture

Islamabad High Court

Issue (legal)

IT law

Information Technology Law (IT Law)

Jay Treaty

Jay Treaty (1794–1795): settlement between the United States and Great Britain

Jeremy Bentham

Jeremy Bentham: Philosopher, Reformer, and Founder of Utilitarianism

Jim Crow laws

Jirga

John Doe

John Doe — placeholder name used for unidentified or anonymous persons

John Law

John Lawrence

John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence — British administrator in India

John Laws (judge)

Judge

Judge: Role, responsibilities, history and courtroom practice

Judgment (law)

Judgment (law): court decisions, types, effects, and enforcement

Judicial activism

Judicial activism: concept, characteristics, history, and debates

Judicial interpretation

Judicial interpretation: principles, methods, and role in law

Judicial nullification

Judicial nullification: concept, history, and legal limits

Judicial opinion

Judicial review

Judicial review: purpose, mechanisms, history and examples

Judiciary

Judiciary of the Isle of Man

Jure uxoris

Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction: the legal power to hear and decide cases

Jurisprudence

Jurisprudence: The Theory and Philosophy of Law

Jurist

Jurist: legal scholar and expert in jurisprudence

Jury

Jury (legal body and decision-making panel)

Jury nullification

Jury nullification: power, practice, and controversy

Jury trial

Jury trial (trial by jury)

Justice

Justice

Justice: Principles, Forms, and Social Role

An overview of justice as a moral and legal ideal: its main types, historical roots, applications in law and policy, and contemporary distinctions such as equality, equity, and pro

Justice of the peace

Kansas Legislature

Kansas Supreme Court

Kansas–Nebraska Act

Kansas–Nebraska Act (1854): organization of territories and the politics of slavery

Kellogg–Briand Pact

Kellogg–Briand Pact (Pact of Paris)

Kidnapping

Kidnapping: definition, types, history, and legal response

King's Counsel

Lahore High Court

Landmark decision

Landmark decision (legal precedent)

Lao language

Lauterpacht Centre for International Law

Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge

Law

Law enforcement in Cuba

Law of the land