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rules that, according to former Harvard Law School dean Roscoe Pound, reflect shared needs common to the members of society, and form the basis of all law in advanced societies.
jurisdiction
1.) the geographical district or subject-matter area over which the authority of a court extends. 2.) the authority of a court to hear and decide an action or lawsuit.
jurisprudence
the philosophy of law; the science and study of the law.
just deserts
a model of criminal sentencing which holds that criminal offenders deserve the punishment they receive at the hands of the state, and which suggests that punishments should be appropriate to the type and severity of crime committed.
justifiable homicide
1.Homicide which is permitted under the law. 2. A killing justified for the good of society. 3. The killing of another in self-defense when danger of death or serious bodily harm exists. 4. the killing of a person according to one's duties or out of necessity, but without blame.
justifications
a category of legal defenses in which the defendant admits committing the act in question, but claims it was necessary in order to avoid some greater evil.
juvenile offender
a child who violates the criminal law, or who commits a status offense. Also, a person subject to juvenile court proceedings because a statutorily defined event caused by the person was alleged to have occurred while his or her age was below the statutorily specified age limit of original jurisdiction of a juvenile court.
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