Empirical legal studies, sometimes abbreviated as ELS, refers to scholarly research undertaken by law professors using empirical social science research methods, but ELS research focuses more on purely legal issues. The two leading journals in this field are the Journal of Legal Studies and the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies.
Ergo is Latin for “therefore” or “thus.”
The well-known Latin phrase post hoc ergo propter hoc (“after this, therefore resulting from it”) is used to describe the logical fallacy of assuming a causal relationship between events solely because one event preceded the other.
[Last reviewed in June of 2021 by the Wex Definitions Team]
Moral law refers to conduct derived from an ‘objective’ right and wrong. Moral law usually refers to a higher set of principles that should govern conduct that is not necessarily set down by legislation. Instead, moral law appeals typically to a theory of natural law or a set of religious law like canon law.
Settler colonialism can be defined as a system of oppression based on genocide and colonialism, that aims to displace a population of a nation (oftentimes indigenous people) and replace it with a new settler population.
