Legal Concepts

Cards (10)

  • Right
    State is obligated or has a duty to provide/enable a privilege or service. Rights can be meaningless unless there is an equal duty to provide that right.
  • Duty
    Meaning of an obligation created by a law or contract
  • Morality
    Render an action as right or wrong
  • Morality
    -determining whether an action is right or wrong can be personal
    -laws are more concerned with applying the values of a community
  • Humanity
    Refers to kindness towards humanity
  • Humanity
    International law defines crimes against humanity that are so terrible they warrant condemnation by all humans
  • Equality
    Treating everyone in the same manner
  • Equality
    Can result in fairness but other times it does not
  • Equity
    Treating people according to the principles of fairness
  • Equity
    Treating similar cases alike and different cases differently in the spirit of fairness, justice, and doing what's right