legal independence
Freedom from control
Legal independence is the condition of being free from external control or authority in matters of law.
A nation achieves legal independence when it can make and enforce its own laws without oversight from another power.
Courts and judges possess legal independence when they can decide cases without political interference: The constitution guarantees the legal independence of the judiciary.
For individuals, it often refers to reaching the age when one is no longer subject to parental or guardian authority.
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- sovereign nationSelf-ruled territorial polity
- treaty rightsPact-secured legal entitlements
- corporate governanceCompany direction and control
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
coming of age · judicial review · separation of powers · diplomatic immunity · decolonization · rule of law · personal freedom · free will · bodily autonomy · agency · academic freedom · self-rule · majority · bylaws · consent · due process · civil liberties · checks and balances
legal independencedependency
State of needing support
subjugation · vassalage · colonial rule · suzerainty · foreign domination
legal independenceguardianship
Legal care of another
wardship · conservatorship · tutelage · minority status · custody
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