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A "judicial opinion" or "opinion of the court" is an opinion of a judge or group of judges that accompanies and explains an order or ruling in a controversy before the court. A judicial opinion generally lays out the facts that the court recognized as being established, the legal principles the court is bound by, and the application of the ...
The term "public opinion" was derived from the French opinion publique, which was first used in 1588 by Michel de Montaigne, one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance, in the second edition of his famous Essays (ch. XXII). [2] The French term also appears in the 1761 work Julie, or the New Heloise by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
Ecological fallacy – inferring about the nature of an entity based solely upon aggregate statistics collected for the group to which that entity belongs. [27] Etymological fallacy – assuming that the original or historical meaning of a word or phrase is necessarily similar to its actual present-day usage. [28]
A value judgment is a thought about something based on what it "ought" or "should" be given an opinion about what counts as "good" or "bad" — a contrast from a thought based on what the facts are. E.g. "The government should improve access to education" is a value judgment (that education is good).
A judicial opinion is a form of legal opinion written by a judge or a judicial panel in the course of resolving a legal dispute, providing the decision reached to resolve the dispute, and usually indicating the facts which led to the dispute and an analysis of the law used to arrive at the decision.
“If your year so far has been defined by confusion and ambiguity, prepare to feel seen,” writes cultural critic Holly Thomas of Merriam-Webster’s choice of “authentic” as word of the year.
An op-ed (short for "opposite the editorial page") is a type of written prose commonly found in newspapers, magazines, and online publications. [1] They usually represent a writer's strong and focused opinion on an issue of relevance to a targeted audience.
Opinion - For fear of finding something worse: Trump and the end of the global rules-based order. Eliot Wilson, opinion contributor. January 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM.