A movement working towards achieving equal citizenship for all. In addition to focusing on bringing practical changes for the future from current legal and social theory, it is also concerned with redressing historical harm done. 

American Civil Rights Movement

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- Civil and Political Rights
- Entitlements
- Jurisprudence
- Legal History
- Criminal Justice
- Process of Establishing Law
- Categories of Law


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Protects individuals from systematic oppression from governments or other institutions and individuals. 

Civil and Political Rights

Law created by judges as a result of a court trial's results. Previous decisions made by judges inform the arguments made and rulings taken in cases with similar facts and circumstances in the future.

Common Law (Judicial Precedent / Case Law)

A benefit or service provided by a government as a function of law.

Entitlements

Also known as legal theory. The theoretical study of law in order to understand its deeper reasoning and the systems and institutions underpinning it.

Jurisprudence

Legal History

The process by which a government prevents criminality and enforces its laws through a series of government organizations and formal legal processes. 

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