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1495:: "A society organized strictly in accordance with the Xeer is technically a “kritarchy,” as opposed to a democracy, theocracy, monarchy, oligarchy, or other form of political government. The term, a little-used nineteenth-century word compounded from the Greek, literally means “rule by judges.” Many stateless societies have been kritarchies, including the well-known example of the Old Testament Jews during the time of the Judges. The proposed free enclaves also would be kritarchies, since they would be founded solely on the principles of successful modern commerce and the traditional Xeer." 1138: 798: 1103: 975: 989: 1070:) is not, strictly, that of rule by judges, judges not being a formal political class but rather people selected at random to perform that task ad hoc; but rather is that of a legal and political system whose closest analogue in other societies is that of a system based entirely upon customary rather than statutory law. 1007:, on which he sat, was a dikastocracy; using the name to denote what they asserted the Court not to be. It was used in a 1996 Court opinion that rejected the "horizontal" application (between citizens as opposed to "vertical" application between citizens and the government) of the RSA constitution's 1032:
that he initially dissented from, asking his clerk (John Fassett) who argued with the direction to write a dissenting opinion whether he (Fassett) favoured a kritarchy. Fassett was unfamiliar with the word, and Reed told him to look it up. Fassett could not find it in several dictionaries, finally
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referred to this as a "near-Kritarchy". Van Notten himself argues that with few exceptions, the system of government which he denotes a kritarchy is "harmonious with the concept of
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Many legal scholars and commentators have spoken of the potential for systems to move to a form of kritarchy, viewing such in a negative light. A specific example is the
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Others have similarly used this as an inverse definition to denote what they assert their form of government is not.
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in the modern sense as well. To contrast such a rule by (modern) judges with the actual form of the 1996
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Africa: Rivista trimestrale di studi e documentazione dell'Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente
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The Most Dangerous Branch: How the Supreme Court of Canada Has Undermined Our Law and Our Democracy
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The actual term that Reed used was "krytocracy" and he described it as a "government by judges."
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Ireland had a system of kritarchy from the 5th century BCE to the 5th century CE under the
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and warned that "horizontal" application would turn the republic into such a dikastocracy.
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The Law of the Somalis: A Stable Foundation for Economic Development in the Horn of Africa
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Indigenous Peoples, Customary Law and Human Rights — Why Living Law Matters
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which allows for direct rule by the Supreme Court should the Executive commit a
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Towards Juristocracy: The Origins and Consequences of the New Constitutionalism
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Proceedings of the Bar and Officers of the Supreme Court of the United States
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between the 9th and 13th century has been labelled as a kritarchy by
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Morissette, Yves-Marie (1998). "Canada as a post-modern Kritarchy".
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Historical studies on Sardinian institutions in the Middle Ages
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The New Color Line: How Quotas and Privilege Destroy Democracy
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Chasing the rainbow: South Africa's move from Mandela to Zuma
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This form of rule (in the non-Biblical sense) is the case of
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from 1994 to 2006 in Somalia, following the legal system of
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Studi storici sulle istituzioni della Sardegna nel Medioevo
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Radlett, Susan; Radlett, David (17 September 2012).
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for being an admixture of Latin and Greek. The word
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(Frank van Dun)" 2248:"In Memoriam, Honorable Stanley Forman Reed". 2193: 1738:Albie Sachs and Transformation in South Africa 1558: 1516: 1867:"A charter of rights or a charter of wrongs?" 820: 1861: 1686:Indigenous African Institutions: 2nd Edition 1520: 1003:Sachs and others rejected the idea that the 964: 930:Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 864: 858: 1222:franchise, can be described as a kritarchy. 919: 911: 905: 897: 2324: 2303:Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente 2283: 2121: 2106: 1624: 1600: 1576: 1524: 1453: 1441: 1045: 827: 813: 2397:-Ologies and -isms: a thematic dictionary 2358: 2038: 2016: 1985: 1969:South African Institute of Race Relations 1673: 1528: 1504: 1492: 1429: 1417: 44:List of countries by system of government 2393:Zettler, Howard G. (1978). "kritarchy". 1758: 1588: 1136: 1101: 1097: 2392: 2083: 1962: 1912: 1896:The Wordsworth Book of Intriguing Words 1893: 1680: 1648: 1480: 1386: 1340: 1292: 1280: 1261: 1249: 2423: 2247: 2054: 2023:Juridical Journal of Samara University 1803: 1552: 1374: 1316: 1132: 892:Because the name is a compound of the 2332:. In MacCallum, Spencer Heath (ed.). 2260: 2234: 2162: 2137: 1814:University of Pennsylvania Law Review 1706: 1652: 1612: 1540: 1468: 1328: 1208: 1081: 2216:; Stratton Jr., Lawrence M. (1997). 1898:. Wordsworth reference. Wordsworth. 1809:"The Ancient Brehon Laws of Ireland" 1005:Constitutional Court of South Africa 2031:Samara National Research University 1894:Hellweg, Paul (1993). "kritarchy". 1028:used kritarchy as the name for the 859: 13: 2254:Supreme Court of the United States 1938: 1564: 1016:Supreme Court of the United States 14: 2452: 2163:Orosa, Theoben Jerdan C. (2004). 2138:Olson, Matthew A. (5 July 2020). 2040:10.18287/2542-047X-2020-6-4-17-25 1999:Foundation for Economic Education 948:("judge"), rejecting the coinage 2378:Fordham University School of Law 2127:Från ättegemenskap till klasstat 2017:Makutchev, Alexander V. (2020). 987: 973: 881:, before the establishment of a 796: 2150:from the original on 5 May 2021 2063:McGill-Queen's University Press 1991:"A Peaceful Ferment in Somalia" 1642: 1510: 1498: 1486: 1380: 1358:Roberts & Stratton Jr. 1997 1218:, the focus of setting for the 1129:, which is not defined in law. 1123:Constitution of the Philippines 1946:. 14 July 2016. Archived from 1232: 959: 956:has also been used by others. 505:Intergovernmental organisation 460:Separation of church and state 1: 2089:"The politics of Judge Dredd" 1387:Fassett, John (Summer 2004). 1226: 1062:. The definition employed by 1769:The Journal of Legal Studies 1637:Harvard Divinity School 2016 1517:Radlett & Radlett (2012) 1305:Cornell & van Marle 2014 853:, was the system of rule by 302:(socio-political ideologies) 7: 1736:; van Marle, Karin (2014). 1183:Sardinian medieval kingdoms 1054:, ruled by judges with the 1025:Brown v. Board of Education 920: 906: 865: 370:(socio-economic ideologies) 40:List of forms of government 10: 2457: 2055:Martin, Robert I. (2005). 1839:"The Islamic Courts Union" 942: 838: 2369:Fordham Urban Law Journal 1036:Oxford English Dictionary 965:Contrast to extant system 912: 898: 491:(geo-cultural ideologies) 2436:Ancient Israel and Judah 1987:MacCallum, Spencer Heath 1963:Jeffery, Anthea (2010). 1922:Harvard University Press 1879:Sandstone Academic Press 1214:The fictional regime of 1163:until the 13th century. 1113:, although built by the 2261:Tobin, Brendan (2014). 1843:Harvard Divinity School 1835:Harvard Divinity School 1046:According to van Notten 754:Administrative division 698:International relations 2220:. Regnery Publishing. 2110:Australian Law Journal 1674:Reference bibliography 1168:Icelandic Commonwealth 1152: 1147: 1118: 2441:Religion and politics 2403:Gale Research Company 2010:Independent Institute 1916:(30 September 2007). 1393:St. John's Law Review 1140: 1105: 1098:Potential kritarchies 764:Democratic transition 627:Self-governing colony 224:Military dictatorship 2181:on 27 September 2021 2131:From family to class 1716:Penguin Random House 1199:Islamic Courts Union 1191:, at the end of the 839:For other uses, see 2326:van Notten, Michael 2285:van Notten, Michael 2214:Roberts, Paul Craig 2177:(2). Archived from 1950:on 13 February 2017 1871:Original Law Review 1521:Hatzistergos (2009) 1483:, pp. 120–123. 1331:, pp. 905–906. 1133:Historical examples 1066:(based upon one by 1033:locating it in the 1020:Stanley Forman Reed 803:Politics portal 688:Supranational union 597:Dependent territory 510:National government 2360:Weinstein, Jack B. 2235:Solmi, A. (1965). 2170:Ateneo Law Journal 1863:Hatzistergos, John 1760:Friedman, David D. 1712:Odyssey to Freedom 1627:, p. 187-196. 1591:, p. 399–415. 1579:, p. 187–196. 1531:, p. 101–102. 1209:In popular culture 1153: 1119: 1086:In the opinion of 1082:Heterodox opinions 1064:Michael van Notten 2362:(December 2004). 2336:. Red Sea Press. 2123:Olgeirsson, Einar 2087:(10 March 2017). 1807:(February 1913). 1734:Cornell, Drucilla 1525:Morissette (1998) 1172:David D. Friedman 1056:polycentric legal 1030:judicial activism 877:according to the 841:Judicial activism 837: 836: 788: 787: 759:Democracy indices 734: 733: 537: 536: 346:Semi-presidential 271: 270: 2448: 2416: 2400: 2389: 2387: 2385: 2355: 2321: 2319: 2317: 2280: 2257: 2244: 2231: 2209: 2207: 2205: 2200: 2190: 2188: 2186: 2159: 2157: 2155: 2134: 2118: 2103: 2101: 2099: 2085:Molcher, Michael 2080: 2051: 2049: 2047: 2042: 2013: 2007: 2005: 1982: 1959: 1957: 1955: 1935: 1909: 1890: 1888: 1886: 1858: 1856: 1854: 1845:. 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Index

Politics series
government
List of forms of government
List of countries by system of government
Democracy
rule by many
Demarchy
Direct
Economic
Liberal
Representative
Social
Socialist
Others
Oligarchy
Anocracy
Aristocracy
Gerontocracy
Kleptocracy
Kritarchy
Meritocracy
Noocracy
Particracy
Plutocracy
Stratocracy
Technocracy
Theocracy
Autocracy
rule by one
Despotism

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