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| the legal process of deciding an issue through the courts. |
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| the philosophy that altruistic acts are unwise and even dangerous, or that morality should never be the absolute guide of human actions, particularly in regard to international law. |
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| to write down a law in formal language. |
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| relations that include interaction in such usually nonpolitical areas as communication, travel, trade, and finances. |
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| ideological/theological school of law |
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| a set of related ideas in secular or religious thought, usually founded on identifiable thinkers and their works, that offers a more or less comprehensive picture of reality |
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| International Court of Justice |
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| the world court, which sits in the hague, the netherlands, with 15 judges and is associated with the United Nations. |
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| the western concept meaning "just cause of war," which provides a moral and legal basis governing causes for war |
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| the western concept meaning "just conduct of war," which provides a moral and legal basis governing causes of war. |
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| a philosophy based on the notion that the ends never justify the means, or that morality should be the absolute guide of human actions, particularly in regard to international law |
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| the idea that there is a middle ground between amorality and moral absolutism that acts as a guide to human actions, particularly in regard to international law |
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| a philosophy that human actions must be placed in context as a means to inform international law |
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| those who believe that law springs from the rights and obligations that humans have by nature |
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| translates as "treaties to be served/carried out" and means that agreements between states are binding. |
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| those who believe that law reflects society and the way that people want the society to operate. |
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