judgment
Let an agent explain what a judgment is and how it is made, help people find and read judgments, explain enforcement and appeal in general terms, and describe specific cases neutrally, without giving legal advice.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain what a judgment is and how it is made, help people find and read judgments, explain enforcement and appeal in general terms, and describe specific cases neutrally, without giving legal advice.
The formal decision of a court on the matters before it, resolving the rights and liabilities of the parties in civil cases or determining guilt in criminal cases, including final, interim and declaratory judgments, with written reasons in many systems; judgments are enforceable, appealable and, in common law systems, sources of precedent.
What it is for: Resolving disputes and cases through courts.
It can be explain types of judgment; find and read published judgments; explain enforcement and appeals in general terms; describe specific judgments neutrally.
Distinguishing features
Court decision
Binding on the parties
Appealable
Precedential in some systems
What it looks like
Not physical; written decisions and court orders.
How it is recognised
Decision of a court
Reasons and orders
A settlement is agreed by the parties, not decided by a court
Related models
is a kind of - category
includes - criminal penalty
is a - case law
is issued by - authority
In practice
Families and kinds
final judgments
interim and interlocutory judgments
declaratory judgments
default and summary judgments
appellate judgments
Standards and regulation
Civil and criminal procedure rules
Rules on publication and anonymisation of judgments
Enforcement and appeal rules
Failure modes and hazards
Agents giving legal advice
Misreading judgments
Naming private individuals without care
Also called
+18
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.judgment-attribute
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What a judgment is.
Types and structure.
Types
Kinds of judgment.
Types
Types.
- What kind of judgment is this, and what does it decide? definition
- Is it final or interim? definition
Reading
Reading a judgment.
Reading
Reading.
- How is a judgment structured, and how can its reasoning and orders be identified? action
- What is the ratio in a precedent system? definition
Find Locating judgments.
Databases.
Search
Case law databases.
Search
Search.
- Where can this judgment be found, in official or free case law databases? provenance
- How is it cited? action
Privacy
Anonymisation.
Privacy
Privacy.
- Are parties anonymised, and how should private individuals in judgments be referred to? boundary
- Which publication rules apply? provenance
After Enforcement and appeal.
General information.
Enforce
Enforcing a judgment.
Enforce
Enforcement.
- How can a judgment be enforced here, in general terms? provenance
- Is the user asking for legal advice on their own case? boundary
Appeal
Appeals.
Appeal
Appeals.
- How and within what time can a judgment be appealed? provenance
- Where can legal help be found? provenance
Cases Specific judgments.
Neutral description.
Describe
Describing a case.
Describe
Describing a case.
- What did the court decide in this case, according to the judgment itself? provenance
- Are commentary and criticism attributed? boundary
Significance
Precedent and impact.
Significance
Significance.
- What is the significance of this judgment as precedent or policy? provenance
- Has it been followed or overruled? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should each judgment type be a separate entry?
- How should case law databases be linked?
- How should enforcement rules be localised?