They can be enforceable in courts only when they are transformed into concrete hard law provisions adopted in accordance with a legislative procedure. (europeanlawblog.eu)
Catholics can live with hard laws if they serve the common good» but the laws need to be equally hard for all offending persons and institutions, with the same rules and penalties and no hidden escape clauses. (firstthings.com)
Analyzing Soft Law and Hard Law in Climate Change; Antto Vihma. (chimalaya.org)