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2 days ago · Marxism–Leninism(Russian: Марксизм-ленинизм, Marksizm-Leninizm) is a communistideology that became the largest faction of the communist movementin the world in the years following the October Revolution. It was the predominant ideology of most communist governments throughout the 20th century.[1]
3 days ago · Page from the Gospel of Judas. Mandaean Beth Manda ( Mashkhanna) in Nasiriyah, southern Iraq in 2016, a contemporary-style mandi. Gnosticism (from Ancient Greek: γνωστικός, romanized: gnōstikós, Koine Greek: [ɣnostiˈkos], 'having knowledge') is a collection of religious ideas and systems that coalesced in the late 1st century AD ...
4 days ago · Jansenism was a 17th- and 18th-century theological movement within Roman Catholicism, primarily active in the Kingdom of France, which arose as an attempt to reconcile the theological concepts of free will and divine grace in response to certain developments in the Roman Catholic Church, but later developing political and philosophical aspects ...
2 days ago · a doctrine in criminal procedure: law enforcement officers may make a warrantless search of the area outside of the curtilage of a person's home without violating the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution —called also open fields rule… See the full definition
4 days ago · noun. fel· low-ser· vant rule. : a common-law rule or doctrine in tort law: an employer is not liable for injuries inflicted on one employee by the fault of another employee during the course of his or her employment. Note: This rule is no longer used in most jurisdictions as a result of federal and state workers' compensation statutes.
3 days ago · Maoism, officially called Mao Zedong Thought, is a variety of Marxism–Leninism that Mao Zedong developed while trying to realize a socialist revolution in the agricultural, pre-industrial society of the Republic of China and later the People's Republic of China. A difference between Maoism and traditional Marxism–Leninism is that a united ...
3 days ago · res· cue doctrine. : a common-law doctrine that permits a plaintiff to recover from a party whose negligence was the proximate cause of a peril from which the plaintiff reasonably undertook to rescue a third party. Note: The act of rescue itself is considered foreseeable, and the negligence of the defendant is considered to be the proximate ...
