劳动法
劳动法 英语：employment law (labor law) 法语：droit du travail, législation du travail 德语：Arbeitsrecht 意大利语：diritto del lavoro 西班牙语：derecho del trabajo, derecho laboral
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wedge principle
wedge principle. The principle that an act is wrong in a specific instance if, when raised to a general level of conduct, it would injure humanity. “[T]here is the familiar argument from the ‘wedge principle,’ which is used to deny the possibility of looking at particular circumstances in applying moral rules.” Glanville Williams, The Sanctity
police power
police power. 1. The inherent and plenary power of a sovereign to make all laws necessary and proper to preserve the public security, order, health, morality, and justice. • It is a fundamental power essential to government, and it cannot be surrendered by the legislature or irrevocably transferred away from government. [Cases: Constitutional Law 81.
economic right
economic right. (usu. pl.) Copyright. A legal interest and power that concerns a financial benefit from a work, as distinguished from a moral interest that a creator has in a creation. • The term is mostly used in civil-law countries that recognize creators’ moral rights.
forensic linguistics
forensic linguistics. The science or technique that evaluates the linguistic characteristics of written or oral communications, usu. to determine identity or authorship.
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social justice
Justice that conforms to a moral principle, such as that all people are equal. — Also termed justice in rem. Cf. personal justice.
cruel and unusual punishment
cruel and unusual punishment 酷刑 指过度的、非人道的、残酷野蛮的刑罚。在美国宪法中，酷刑指国家中从未存在的或者已经废除的刑罚种类，而不包括罚金刑或者监禁刑。 (→corporal punishment; punishment)
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permission
permission. 1. The act of permitting. 2. A license or liberty to do something; authorization. express permission. Permission that is clearly and unmistakably granted by actions or words, oral or written. implied permission. 1. Permission that is inferred from words or actions. 2. See implied consent under CONSENT. 3. Conduct that justifies others in believing
child labor
child labor. The employment of workers under the age of majority. • This term typically focuses on abusive practices such as exploitative factory work; slavery, sale, and trafficking in children; forced or compulsory labor such as debt bondage and serfdom; and the use of children in prostitution, pornography, drug-trafficking, or anything else that might jeopardize
retraction
retraction, n. 1. The act of taking or drawing back (retraction of anticipatory repudiation before breach of contract). 2. The act of recanting; a statement in recantation (retraction of a defamatory remark). [Cases: Libel and Slander 66. C.J.S. Libel and Slander; Injurious Falsehood§ 195.] 3. Wills & estates. A withdrawal of a renunciation (because of