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In contemporary language the term “legal decision” has many meanings. The core meaning seems to be that a decision is legal if it has some legal consequences and, therefore, is made by an authorized or competent agency.
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Wróblewski, J. (1984). Paradigms of Justifying Legal Decisions. In: Peczenik, A., Lindahl, L., Roermund, B.V. (eds) Theory of Legal Science. Synthese Library, vol 176. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6481-5_20
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