{"id":48918,"date":"2018-02-13T13:15:04","date_gmt":"2017-04-01T06:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legaldictionary.lawin.org?p=48918"},"modified":"2018-02-13T13:15:04","modified_gmt":"2017-04-01T06:06:07","slug":"consensus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legaldictionary.lawin.org\/consensus\/","title":{"rendered":"Consensus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><h1>Legal Definition and Related Resources of Consensus<\/h1>\n<div class=\"filete_art\/\">\n<h3>Meaning of Consensus<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"filete_art\/\">\n<h3>Synonyms of Consensus<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<h4><em>noun<\/em><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>acclamation<\/li>\n<li>accord<\/li>\n<li>acknowledgment<\/li>\n<li>affirmance<\/li>\n<li>affirmation<\/li>\n<li>agreement<\/li>\n<li>assonance<\/li>\n<li>attonement<\/li>\n<li>bipartisanship<\/li>\n<li>common consent<\/li>\n<li>compact<\/li>\n<li>compatibility<\/li>\n<li>concent<\/li>\n<li>concentus<\/li>\n<li>concert<\/li>\n<li>concinnity<\/li>\n<li>concord<\/li>\n<li>concordance<\/li>\n<li>concurrence<\/li>\n<li>conformance<\/li>\n<li>conformation<\/li>\n<li>conformity<\/li>\n<li>congruence<\/li>\n<li>consentaneity<\/li>\n<li>consentaneousness<\/li>\n<li>consentience<\/li>\n<li>consistency<\/li>\n<li>consonance<\/li>\n<li>cooperation<\/li>\n<li>correspondence<\/li>\n<li>general agreement<\/li>\n<li>harmony<\/li>\n<li>mutual agreement<\/li>\n<li>mutual sympathy<\/li>\n<li>mutual understanding<\/li>\n<li>reconcilement<\/li>\n<li>solid vote<\/li>\n<li>synchronization<\/li>\n<li>unanimity<\/li>\n<li>uniformity<\/li>\n<li>union<\/li>\n<li>unison<\/li>\n<li>Associated Concepts: consensus of opinion<\/li>\n<li>per curiam opinion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"filete_art\/\">\n<h3>Related Entries of Consensus in the Encyclopedia of Law Project <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>Browse or run a search for Consensus in the <a href=\"https:\/\/legaldictionary.lawin.org\/\">American Encyclopedia of Law<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lawi.asia\/\">Asian Encyclopedia of Law<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lawlegal.eu\/\">European Encyclopedia of Law<\/a>, the<a href=\"https:\/\/lawi.org.uk\/\"> UK Encyclopedia of Law<\/a> or the <a href=\"https:\/\/leyderecho.org\/\">Latin American and Spanish Encyclopedia of Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Consensus in Historical Law <\/h2>\n<p>You might be interested in the historical meaning of this term.  Browse or search for Consensus in <a href=\"https:\/\/historical.lawin.org\/\">Historical Law in the Encyclopedia of Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"filete_art\/\">\n<h3> Legal Abbreviations and Acronyms <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>Search for legal acronyms and\/or abbreviations containing Consensus in <a href=\"https:\/\/legal-abbreviations.lawjournal.eu\/\">the Legal Abbreviations and Acronyms Dictionary<\/a>. <\/p>\n<h2>Browse<\/h2>\n<p>You might be interested in these references tools:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Resource<\/th>\n<th>Description<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title='Dictionary of Law' href=\"https:\/\/legaldictionary.lawin.org\/consensus\/\">Consensus in the Dictionary<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Consensus in our legal dictionaries<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<td><a title='Legal Thesaurus' href=\"https:\/\/legalthesaurus.org\/\">Browse the Legal Thesaurus<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Find synonyms and related words of Consensus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title='Legal Maxims or Maxims of Law' href=\"https:\/\/maxims.lawin.org\/\">Legal Maxims <\/a><\/td>\n<td>Maxims are established principles that jurists use as interpretive tools, invoked more frequently in international law <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title='Answers of the Legal Encyclopedia' href=\"https:\/\/answers.lawin.org\/\">Legal Answers (Q&amp;A) <\/a><\/td>\n<td>A community-driven knowledge creation process, of enduring value to a broad audience<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title='Find in the Wiki Legal Encyclopedia' href=\"https:\/\/lawin.org\/topics\/\">Related topics<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Consensus in the World Encyclopedia of Law <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a name=\"Vocabularies_Semantic_Web_Information\/\"><\/p>\n<h2>Vocabularies (Semantic Web Information)<\/a><\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Resource<\/th>\n<th>Description<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title='Topic Map in Law' href=\"https:\/\/data.lawin.org\/\">Topic Map<\/a><\/td>\n<td>A group of names, occurrences and associations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title='Legal Topic Tree' href=\"https:\/\/legalthesaurus.org\/\">Topic Tree<\/a><\/td>\n<td>A topic display format, showing the hierarchy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title='Sitemap Index' href=\"https:\/\/lawin.org\/sitemapindex.xml\/\">Sitemap Index<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Sitemap Index, including Taxonomies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title='URIs' href=\"https:\/\/legaldictionary.lawin.org\/consensus\/\">https:\/\/legaldictionary.lawin.org\/consensus\/ <\/a><\/td>\n<td>The URI of Consensus (more about <a href=\"https:\/\/data.lawin.org\/\">URIs<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Consensus in the Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims<\/h2>\n<h4>Latin. Perceiving or feeling alike: agreement; consent.<\/h4>\n<p>Note: This <a href=\"https:\/\/lawin.org\/dictionary-of-law-consisting-of-judicial-definitions-and-explanations-of-words-phrases-and-maxims\/\">legal definition of Consensus in the Dictionary of Law (English and American Jurisprudence)<\/a> is from 1893.<\/p>\n<h2>Consensus in Voting Law<\/h2>\n<p>Definition of Consensus in the context of the United States election law: Method of decision making in which all stakeholders participate and attempt to align their positions. Consensus is not unanimity on a decision but rather represents a successful effort to find common ground for all stakeholders so that none oppose the decision taken.<\/p>\n<h2>Consensus in Voting Law<\/h2>\n<p>Definition of Consensus in the context of the United States election law: Method of decision making in which all stakeholders participate and attempt to align their positions. Consensus is not unanimity on a decision but rather represents a successful effort to find common ground for all stakeholders so that none oppose the decision taken.<\/p>\n<h2>Definition of Consensus<\/h2>\n<p>In relation to social issues, a meaning of consensus is provided here: a point reached in a negotiation where a general agreement of all or most of the people consulted is achieved<\/p>\n<h2>Consensus in Global Commerce Policy<\/h2>\n<p>In this regard, a definition of this issue is as follows: the usual method for taking decisions in the WTO. The Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization states in Article IX:1 that the  WTO shall continue the practice of decision-making by consensus followed under GATT 1947 \u009d. The entries on <a href=\"https:\/\/lawin.org\/tag\/trade-policy\/\">trade policy are here<\/a>. It adds in a footnote that the  body concerned shall be deemed to have decided by consensus on a matter submitted for its consideration, if no member, present at the meeting when the decision is taken, formally objects to the proposed decision \u009d. Provision exists for formal voting, but such votes are rare or taken only when consensus has already been achieved. Consensus decisions reduce the scope for disputes arising from differing understandings of the rules. The search for consensus can, however, add to the negotiating period, and it can give rise to delays because of foot draggers. The Doha Ministerial Declaration refers several times to decisions having to be made by explicit consensus. The entries on <a href=\"https:\/\/lawin.org\/tag\/trade-policy\/\">trade policy are here<\/a>. It is not yet clear whether this will affect the way consensus is reached. See also convoy problem, decision-making in the WTO and reverse consensus.[1]<\/p>\n<h2>Consensusin the wold Encyclopedia<\/h2>\n<p>For an introductory overview on international trade policy, see <a href=\"https:\/\/lawin.org\/international-trade-policy\/\">this entry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Resources<\/h2>\n<h3>Notes and References<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li> Dictionary of Trade Policy, &#8220;Consensus&#8221; entry (OAS)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>See Also<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Noun acclamation accord acknowledgment affirmance affirmation agreement assonance attonement bipartisanship common consent compact compatibility concent concentus &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":95518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,148,157,224,146,214],"tags":[20,204,561,223,773,206,791],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legaldictionary.lawin.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48918"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legaldictionary.lawin.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legaldictionary.lawin.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legaldictionary.lawin.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legaldictionary.lawin.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/legaldictionary.lawin.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legaldictionary.lawin.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legaldictionary.lawin.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legaldictionary.lawin.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legaldictionary.lawin.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}