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legalism
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Legalism may refer to: In philosophy : Legalism (Chinese philosophy) , Chinese political philosophy based on the idea that a highly efficient and powerful government is the key to social order Legalism (Western philosophy) , a concept in Western jurisprudence ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A philosophy of focusing on the text of written law to the exclusion of the intent of law, elevating strict adherence to law over justice, mercy, grace and common sense. 2 A legal axiom; a statement couched as a proverb expressing a rule of law.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Legalism \Le"gal*ism\ (l[=e]"gal*[i^]z'm), n. Strictness, or the doctrine of strictness, in conforming to law.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. strict conformity to the letter of the law rather than its spirit
Usage examples of legalism.
It had no lexicon of legalisms extracted from the law reports in which judicial usage lies in a world apart from the ordinary affairs of life.
This old-Testament legalism determined to forever prevent Europe from rising again out of the general defeat of the First World War and from re-conquering the world domain which belongs to it by virtue of its strength of will, its organizatory ability, its necessity of self-expression, its irrepressible instinct, its Destiny and its Faith.
Legalist-Confucian amalgam was that legalism was liked by rulers and Confucianism by bureaucrats.
But, Your Honor, she is of age, after all, a consenting adult-' DON'T BULLSHIT ME WITH LEGALISMS, PORTNOY.
It prevented bruised feelings, and it allowed for local compromises, which any champion knew were often a truer path to justice than cold, unparsed legalism.