English Dictionary

palm tree justice

名詞

軽蔑的 不可算名詞

(law, derogatory) 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.

日本語の意味

法や先例にとらわれず、事案の状況に応じて裁判官が自由な裁量で判断する実益的（かつ皮肉的な意味合いを含む）な正義のアプローチを指す。

Defense attorneys criticized the ruling as palm tree justice, arguing the judge had ignored precedent and issued a purely discretionary remedy.

弁護側はその判決を恣意的な裁量による正義だと非難し、裁判官が先例を無視して事案の事情で公平だと考えたことだけに基づいて救済を命じたと主張した。

意味（1）

(law, derogatory) 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 […]