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...
law and literature
ergo
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...
literary works
Literary works are defined under 17 U.S.C. §101 as “works, other than audiovisual works, expressed in words, numbers, or other verbal or numerical symbols or indicia, regardless of the nature of the material objects, such as books,...
moral law
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...
settler colonialism
The concept of 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. Settler...