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Canon law (from Ancient Greek: κανών, kanon, a 'straight measuring rod, ruler') is a set of ordinances and regulations made by ecclesiastical authority

Judicial activism is a judicial philosophy holding that courts can and should go beyond the applicable law to consider broader societal implications of

The 1983 Code of Canon Law (abbreviated 1983 CIC from its Latin title Codex Iuris Canonici), also called the Johanno-Pauline Code, is the "fundamental

A judicial opinion is a form of legal opinion written by a judge or a judicial panel in the course of resolving a legal dispute, providing the decision

declaring laws passed by the legislature unconstitutional. Other countries limit judicial independence by parliamentary sovereignty. Judicial independence

or apply canon law. One of its primary bases was the Corpus Juris Civilis of Justinian, which is also considered the source of the civil law legal tradition

he wanted these rules to be implemented. Law Judicial activism § Debate Expounding of the Law Golden rule (law) • Literal rule • Mischief rule • Purposive

not confined to the common law, but takes in all the other laws, which are in force in this realm; as the civil and canon law.... By the 28 Ed. 3, c. 3

arkhō, "I rule"). In canon law, the power to govern the church is divided into the power to make laws (legislative), enforce the laws (executive), and to

interpretation, including traditional canons of statutory interpretation, legislative history, and purpose. In common law jurisdictions, the judiciary may