the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system | an amendment to the Constitution of the United States that imposes restrictions on the government's prosecution of persons accused of crimes; mandates due process of law and prohibits self-incrimination and double jeopardy; requires just compensation if private property is taken for public use |
a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society | |
a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature | |
the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do | |
legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity | |
the collection of rules imposed by authority | |
the force of policemen and officers | |