palm tree justice

palm tree justice
A pragmatic approach to justice that is entirely discretionary and transcends legal rights or precedent, enabling the court to make such order as it thinks fair and just in the circumstances of the case.

vary agreed or established rights to property in an endeavor to achieve a kind of palm tree justice


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