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political science
American politics and society
United States Supreme Court
civil rights and civil liberties
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social history of crime
courts, corrections, punishments
United States Supreme Court
civil rights and civil liberties
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criminology
key organizations (criminology)
United States Supreme Court
civil rights and civil liberties
Preferred term
declaratory judgments
Definition
- Ruling in which a federal court sets forth the duties, rights, obligations and status of parties to a lawsuit without ordering any action or awarding damages to either party. A declaratory judgment is considered a less severe form of an injunction, which is an order compelling a party to discontinue an activity that causes harm that cannot be remedied by a lawsuit. [Source: Student's Guide to the Supreme Court; Declaratory Judgments]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/declaratory_judgments
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