convention

Japanese: convention
convention

…In the United States, it is used to mean any kind of meeting, and there are two types. One is a constitutional convention, where representatives of the people gather to enact organizational or fundamental laws, and the other is a nominating convention, where political party organizations nominate candidates for elective office. The most famous nominating convention is the National Convention, which has been held every presidential election year since 1832. At the National Convention, delegates elected from all over the country nominate candidates for president and vice president, adopt platforms and rules, and elect national committees. …

From [Justice]

…D. Hume and A. Smith are representative of this view in the modern era. They characterized the order of competition as a convention or a social relationship of trust, a reasonable expectation, and argued that only within this order can the question of whether human actions are right or wrong become an issue. [Takao Katsuragi] …

*Some terminology explanations that mention "convention" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…アメリカにおいて,各種の集会という意味で用いられており,それには二つの型がある。一つは国民の代表者が組織法または基本法を制定するために集まる憲法会議であり,他の一つは政党の機関が選挙公職への候補者を推挙する指名大会である。指名大会で有名なのは,1832年以来大統領選挙の年に開かれている全国党大会(ナショナル・コンベンション)である。全国党大会では,全国から選出されてきた代議員により,正・副大統領候補者の指名が行われ,綱領・規約が採択され,全国委員会が選ばれる。…

【正義】より

…このような見解の近世における代表としてはD.ヒュームとA.スミスを挙げることができる。彼らは競争という秩序をconventionとか社会的信頼関係reasonable expectationとして性格づけており,このような秩序の中においてのみ人間の行為の正・不正が問題となりうると主張した。【桂木 隆夫】。…

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