Legalism may refer to:
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Legalism (Chinese philosophy)
Legalism or ''Fajia'' is one of the six classical schools of thought in Chinese philosophy. Literally meaning "house of (administrative) methods / standards (法, Fa)", the Fa "school" represents several branches of "men of methods", in the ...
, Chinese political philosophy based on the idea that a highly efficient and powerful government is the key to social order
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Legalism (Western philosophy), a concept in Western jurisprudence
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Legalism (theology)
In Christian theology, ''legalism'' (or nomism) is a pejorative term applied to the idea that "by doing good works or by obeying the law, a person earns and merits salvation."
The ''Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States'' defines ' ...
, a sometimes pejorative term relating to a number of concepts in the Christian theological tradition
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Liberal legalism, a theory on the relationship between politics and law
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