general international law

  • 1international law — n: a body of laws, rules, or legal principles that are based on custom, treaties, or legislation and that control or affect the rights and duties of nations in relation to each other compare internal law Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law.… …

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  • 2international law — the body of rules that nations generally recognize as binding in their conduct toward one another. Also called law of nations. Cf. private international law, public international law. [1830 40] * * * Body of legal rules, norms, and standards that …

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  • 3International Law —     International Law     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► International Law     International law has been defined to be the rules which determine the conduct of the general body of civilized states in their dealings with each other (American and… …

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  • 4International law — is the term commonly used for referring to the system of implicit and explicit agreements that bind together nation states in adherence to recognized values and standards, differing from other legal systems in that it concerns nations rather than …

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  • 5International Law —    International law, or public international law, is the body of customs, norms, principles, procedures, rules, and standards among sovereign states for the purpose of enhancing peaceful coexistence and cooperation among them. It is generally… …

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  • 6International Law, Institute of — ▪ international organization       international organization founded in Ghent, Belgium, in 1873 to develop and implement international law as a codified science responsible for the legal morality and integrity of the civilized world. In 1904 the …

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  • 7International law and the Arab–Israeli conflict — Arguments about the applicability of various elements of international law underlie the debate around the Arab Israeli conflict. This article discusses the basis for these conflicts. The basis for legal arguments International law is different… …

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  • 8International Law Commission — The International Law Commission was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948 for the promotion of the progressive development of international law and its codification. UN document |docid=A RES 174(II) |type=Resolution|… …

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  • 9International law firm networks and associations — An international law firm network (or association) is a membership organisation consisting of independent law firms that are informally linked to one another with the main purpose of serving one another s clients in jurisdictions where the… …

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  • 10Delaware General Corporation Law — (DGCL) USA Delaware statute governing corporations. It provides, among other things, laws relating to the formation, management and governance of corporations. Practical Law Dictionary. Glossary of UK, US and international legal terms.… …

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