| adjudication | The legal process of deciding an issue through the courts.
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| communitarianism | The concept that the welfare of the collective must be valued over any individual rights or liberties.
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| functional relations | Relations that include interaction in such usually nonpolitical areas as communication, travel, trade, and finances.
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| ideological/theological school of law | A set of related ideas in secular or religious thought, usually founded on identifiable thinkers and their works, that offers a more or less comprehensive picture of reality.
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| individualism | The concept that rights and liberties of the individual are paramount within a society.
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| International Court of Justice (ICJ) | The world court, which sits in The Hague, the Netherlands, with 15 judges and is associated with the United Nations.
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| International Criminal Court (ICC) | The permanent criminal court with jurisdiction over genocide and other crimes against humanity. The court, seated in The Hague, the Netherlands, began its operations in 2003.
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| naturalist school of law | Those who believe that law springs from the rights and obligations that humans have by nature.
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| positivist school of law | Those who believe that law reflects society and the way that people want the society to operate.
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| prescriptive rights | Obligations on a society and its government to try to provide a certain qualitative standard of life that, at a minimum, meets basic needs and perhaps does not differ radically from the quality of life enjoyed by others in the society. These rights are usually expressed in such terms as "the government shall…".
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| Proscriptive rights | Prohibitions to having something done to an individual or a group. These rights are usually expressed in such terms as "the government may not…".
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| Universal Declaration of Human Rights | Adopted by the UN General Assembly, it is the most fundamental internationally proclaimed statement of human rights in existence.
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