arbitrary or capricious rule
1arbitrary — ar·bi·trary / är bə ˌtrer ē/ adj 1: depending on individual discretion (as of a judge) and not fixed by standards, rules, or law the manner of punishment is arbitrary 2 a: not restrained or limited in the exercise of power an arbitrary government …
2arbitrary — /ˈabətrəri / (say ahbuhtruhree), /ˈabətri / (say ahbuhtree) adjective 1. subject to individual will or judgement; discretionary. 2. not attributable to any rule or law; accidental: *the only significance her smile could have had was that of an… …
3arbitrary — a. 1. Irresponsible, despotic, autocratic, unlimited, unrestrained, uncontrolled, absolute, tyrannical, tyrannous, imperious, dictatorial, overbearing, peremptory, domineering, bound by no law. 2. Capricious, wilful, whimsical, fanciful,… …
4Amin, Idi — ▪ 2004 Idi Amin Dada Oumee Ugandan military officer and president (b. 1924/25, near Koboko, Uganda British Protectorate d. Aug. 16, 2003, Jiddah, Saudi Arabia), took control of Uganda in a military coup in 1971 and for eight years ruled… …
5despotism — n. 1. Autocracy, absolutism, dictatorship, absolute power. 2. Tyranny, arbitrary or capricious rule, oppression. 3. Overpowering control, overweening influence …
6Standard of review — In law, the standard of review is the amount of deference given by one court (or some other appellate tribunal) in reviewing a decision of a lower court or tribunal. A low standard of review means that the decision under review will be varied or… …
7List of significant administrative law cases — Legality of Statutory Schemes = * Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Schor (1986) Delegation of judicial power to an agency. * Whitman v. American Trucking Associations, Inc. (2001) delegation of legislative like authority must be governed… …
8Gregg v. Georgia — SCOTUSCase Litigants=Gregg v. Georgia ArgueDateA=March 30 ArgueDateB=31 ArgueYear=1976 DecideDate=July 2 DecideYear=1976 FullName=Troy Leon Gregg v. State of Georgia; Charles William Proffitt v. State of Florida; Jerry Lane Jurek v. State of… …
9Rulemaking — In administrative law, rulemaking refers to the process that executive and independent agencies use to create, or promulgate , regulations. In general, legislatures first set broad policy mandates by passing laws, then agencies create more… …
10Precautionary principle — The precautionary principle is a moral and political principle which states that if an action or policy might cause severe or irreversible harm to the public or to the environment, in the absence of a scientific consensus that harm would not… …
