A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 0-9 jus ad bellum ...  jus ad bellum (from the article "just war") notion that the resort to armed force (jus ad bellum) is justified ... jus civile (from the article "Roman law") In the great span of time during which the Roman Republic and Empire existed, there ... jus cogens (from the article "international law") ...to treaty law and custom. Sources that are of more recent origin are generally accepted ... jus commune (from the article "civil law") ...of the law were expressed, as well as the procedural forms in which justice was ... jus dispositivum (from the article "international law") ...Jus cogens (Latin: "compelling law") rules are peremptory norms that cannot be deviated from by ... jus divinum (from the article "pontifex") ...a council of priests in ancient Rome. The college, or collegium, of the pontifices was ... jus gentium (Latin: "law of nations"), in legal theory, that law which natural reason establishes for all ... [7 Related Articles] jus gentium privatum (from the article "jus gentium") ...to any rule that instinctively commended itself to their sense of justice. Eventually the term ... jus gentium publicum (from the article "jus gentium") ...with equity, or the praetorian law. In modern law, there is a distinction between jus ... jus in bello (from the article "just war") ...and their protocols (1977), and various treaties, agreements, and declarations limiting the means allowable in ... jus Latii in the Roman Republic and the Empire, certain rights and privileges, amounting to qualified citizenship, ... [1 Related Articles] jus non scriptum (from the article "Roman law") The Romans divided their law into jus scriptum (written law) and jus non scriptum (unwritten ... jus resistendi (from the article "Golden Bull of 1222") ...and their positions could not become hereditary. Furthermore, if the king or his successors violated ... jus sanguinis (from the article "citizenship") ...two main systems used to determine citizenship as of the time of birth: jus soli, ... jus scriptum (from the article "Roman law") The Romans divided their law into jus scriptum (written law) and jus non scriptum (unwritten ... jus soli (from the article "citizenship") ...within a certain territory, descent from a citizen parent, marriage to a citizen, and naturalization ... Jusserand, JeanJules French scholar and diplomat who, as French ambassador to Washington, D.C. (1902-25), helped secure the ... Jussieu, Adrien-Laurent-Henri de (from the article "Jussieu, Antoine-Laurent de") His son, Adrien-Laurent-Henri de Jussieu (1797-1853), is best known for his Embryons Monocotyledones (1844), on ... Jussieu, Antoine de French physician and botanist who wrote many papers on human anatomy, zoology, and botany, including ... Jussieu, Antoine-Laurent de French botanist who developed the principles that served as the foundation of a natural system ... Jussieu, Bernard de French botanist who founded a method of plant classification based on the anatomical characters of ... Jussieu, Joseph de French botanist who accompanied the French physicist Charles-Marie de la Condamine's expedition to Peru to ... Just Cause, Operation (from the article "Panama") Retaliation by the United States was quick and decisive. On December 17, U.S. President George ... just compensation (from the article "property law") The concept of eminent domain dates back to at least the early 17th century. It ... just distribution (from the article "Nozick, Robert") ...are better off than they would be under any other distribution. Nozick's response to such ... just intonation in music, system of tuning in which the correct size of all the intervals of ... [5 Related Articles] Just Russia, A (from the article "Russia") ...legislation, including constitutional amendments. The Communist Party, with 11.6%, was the only opposition party to ... just war notion that the resort to armed force (jus ad bellum) is justified ... [5 Related Articles] Just, League of the (from the article "Marx, Karl") An unusual sequence of events led Marx and Engels to write their pamphlet The Communist ... Just, Marcel (from the article "intelligence, human") ...Other investigators have been concerned with other kinds of problems, such as how a text ... just-in-time manufacturing (from the article "automotive industry") ...of that principle took place in the 1980s and '90s as Japanese firms built new ... justacorps (from the article "dress") ...1665 and 1670 came a quite different masculine style that presaged the three-piece suit of ... Juster, Norton (from the article "children's literature") Two other works of pure imagination gave the 1960s some claim to special notice. The ... justice (from the article "bioethics") ...that they should aim to do good-i.e., to promote the interests of their patients. The ... justice (from the article "law, philosophy of") ...judicial, and other means of forming, operating, changing, and disrupting the legal order. The fact ... Justice and Charity (from the article "Morocco") ...Justice and Development Party (PJD), was expected to increase its vote in the 2007 legislative ... Justice and Democracy, Military Council for (from the article "Mauritania") ...Obituaries), dissident Mauritanian army officers launched a successful coup on Aug. 3, ... Justice and Development Party (from the article "Morocco") In the legislative elections on Sept. 7, 2007, only 37% of voters went to the ... Justice and Development Party (from the article "Turkey") In 2007 Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, leader of the centre-right Justice and Development Party ... Justice and Liberty (from the article "Italy") ...networks before they even had a chance to put down roots. New anti-Fascist groups were ... justice of the peace in Anglo-American legal systems, a local magistrate empowered chiefly to administer criminal or civil justice ... [5 Related Articles] Justice Party (from the article "Denmark") The Social Democratic Party was the leading party of the 1950s, '60s, and '70s. From ... Justice Party (from the article "Ecevit, Bulent") ...on that island. His request for a vote of confidence from the National Assembly in ... Justice, Department of (from the article "Law, Crime, and Law Enforcement") In a report censored in part for security reasons and published in September, the U.S. ... Justice, Donald American poet and editor best known for finely crafted verse that frequently illuminates the pain ... [1 Related Articles] Justice, Ordinances of (from the article "Cerchi, Vieri dei") ...the 1290s the rival of another noble, Corso Donati, for the leadership of the Florentine ... Justice, Palace of (from the article "Western architecture") Louis Duc's Palace of Justice, Paris (1857-68), articulated with a powerful Doric order, is a ... Justice, Temple of (from the article "Monrovia") ...it attracted petroleum, paint, tuna, pharmaceutical, and cement enterprises. Prominent buildings have included the Capitol ... Justicia (from the article "Acanthaceae") ...shrimp plant (Justicia brandegeeana; formerly known as Beloperone guttata), and caricature plant ... justicia (from the article "Spain") ...over their peasants. In Catalonia they had the right to wage private war. In Aragon ... Justicialist Party (from the article "Argentina") In 2005 Pres. Nestor Kirchner of the Justicialist (Peronist) Party (PJ) greatly consolidated his dominance ... justiciar early English judicial official of the king who, unlike all other officers of the central ... [1 Related Articles] justification in Christian theology, either (1) the act by which God moves a willing person from ... [17 Related Articles] justification (from the article "printing") ...four operations: (1) taking the type pieces letter by letter from a typecase; (2) arranging ... justification (from the article "applied logic") According to a common formula, knowledge is "true, justified belief." This formulation, however, seems defective. ... Justin Roman historian who was the author of Epitome, an abridgment of the Historiae Philippicae et ... Justin I Byzantine emperor (from 518) who was a champion of Christian orthodoxy; he was the uncle ... [5 Related Articles] Justin II Byzantine emperor (from 565) whose attempts to maintain the integrity of the Byzantine Empire against ... [2 Related Articles] Justin Martyr, Saint one of the most important of the Greek philosopher-Apologists in the early Christian church. His ... [8 Related Articles] Justin Morgan (from the article "Morgan") ...the most famous and widely disseminated in the United States. The Morgan declined in popularity, ... Justinian patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church (1948-77) who helped his church become one of the ... Justinian I Byzantine emperor (527-565), noted for his administrative reorganization of the imperial government and for his ... [40 Related Articles] Justinian II last Byzantine emperor of the Heraclian dynasty. Although possessed of a despotic temperament and capable ... [7 Related Articles] Justinian, Code of the collections of laws and legal interpretations developed under the sponsorship of the Byzantine emperor ... [23 Related Articles] Justinianopolis (from the article "Kirsehir") city, central Turkey. It lies along a tributary of the Kizil River at an elevation ... justitiekansler (from the article "Sweden") The chancellor of justice (justitiekansler) is a government appointee who supervises courts ... Justo, Agustin Pedro army officer and president (1932-38) of Argentina. [2 Related Articles] Justowriter (from the article "printing") In the Justowriter, the keyboard on which the uncoded, unjustified proofing copy is typed simultaneously ... Justus of Ghent painter who introduced the Flemish style into Urbino. He has been identified with Joos van ... Justus Perthes (from the article "Gotha") ...register of noble European families and prominent government officials. Publication of this world-famous handbook was ... Justus, Saint first bishop of Rochester and fourth archbishop of Canterbury, under whose archiepiscopacy Northumbria was converted ... Jute member of a Germanic people who, with the Angles and Saxons, invaded Britain in the ... [3 Related Articles] jute either of two species of Corchorus plants-C. capsularis, or white jute, and C. olitorius, including ... [7 Related Articles] jutha (from the article "dietary law") ...a service will be performed. Members of subordinate castes pick up the dirty plates of ... Jutiapa city, north-central El Salvador, at the foot of Mt. Platinar (1,200 ft [370 m]). The ... Jutiapa city, southeastern Guatemala. It lies on the southern flanks of the central highlands at an ... Juticalpa city, eastern Honduras. It lies at 2,700 feet (823 m) above sea level along the ... Jutland projection of northern Europe forming the continental portion of Denmark. The peninsula is bounded to ... [2 Related Articles] Jutland, Battle of (May 31-June 1, 1916), the only major encounter between the British and German fleets in ... [6 Related Articles] Jutland, law of (from the article "Scandinavian law") ...were most often private compilations but were occasionally instructions from the king. The best known ... Juturnae, Lacus (from the article "Rome") The oldest of the city's fountains is really a spring, the Lacus Juturnae in the ... Juvarra, Filippo architect and stage designer who attained fame throughout Europe during the early part of the ... [2 Related Articles] Juvenal most powerful of all Roman satiric poets. Many of his phrases and epigrams have entered ... [5 Related Articles] juvenal pelage (from the article "mammal") ...humans, is rare among mammals. Hairs with determinate growth are subject to wear and must ... juvenal plumage (from the article "anseriform") ...early autumn. Young geese and swans, on the other hand, remain with their parents during ... Juvenal, Saint bishop of Jerusalem from 422 to 458 who elevated the see of Jerusalem-previously under the ... [1 Related Articles] Juvenalian satire in literature, any bitter and ironic criticism of contemporary persons and institutions that is filled ... [2 Related Articles] juvenile court special court handling problems of delinquent, neglected, or abused children. The juvenile court fulfills the ... [4 Related Articles] juvenile delinquent (from the article "juvenile delinquent") any young person whose conduct is characterized by antisocial behaviour that is beyond parental control ... juvenile hormone a hormone in insects, secreted by glands near the brain, that controls the retention of ... [4 Related Articles] juvenile justice system of laws, policies, and procedures intended to regulate the processing and treatment of nonadult ... Juvento (from the article "Olympio, Sylvanus") ...Togolese, especially those with Western education, resented the regime's authoritarianism; northern leaders felt left out ... Juventud, Isla de la island and municipio especial (special municipality) of Cuba, in the Caribbean Sea. ... [1 Related Articles] Juventus (from the article "Italy") ...October of that year, several popular teams that had been docked points or demoted to ... Juxon, William archbishop of Canterbury and minister to King Charles I on the scaffold. As lord high ... Juxon-Smith, Andrew (from the article "Sierra Leone") ...All-Peoples' Congress (APC), led by Siaka Stevens, won the 1967 general election. But the army ... juxtaglomerular cell (from the article "renal system disease") A specific renovascular cause of high blood pressure that, although uncommon, is important from the ... Juyong (from the article "Beijing") ...Plateau to the north, and the Liao River Plain in the southern region of the ... Juyushi Mosque (from the article "Islamic arts") ...have survived in Cairo and Aswan. Only a few, such as the mashhad at Aswan, ... juz' (from the article "surah") In pious circles the Qur'an is often divided into 30 equal sections known as juz' ... JVC Jazz Festival (from the article "Performing Arts") ...with Dave Brubeck, the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, and Nancy Wilson, among others. In a historic ... Jyoetsu city, Niigata ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan. It lies on the lower reaches and mouth of ... jyotisa (from the article "mathematics, South Asian") ...the Great. These models were integrated with existing Indian material to produce an extremely fruitful ... Jyvaskyla city, south-central Finland. It lies at the north end of Lake Paijanne, southwest of Kuopio. ...

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