Sentences with phrase «general international law does»

Furthermore, as Matthew Happold pointed out in a previous post, general international law does not provide for diplomatic asylum.

Not exact matches

And, in general, international law's force and sources have more to do with examples and analogies than with an authoritative statute - like rule book.

Beyond the general rule of international law cited above, I do not know how this would be handled in the Russian legal system, but I can speak to what the U.S. legal system would do.

Unsurprisingly, the CJEU did not waver, stating that «without the primacy of a Security Council resolution at the international level thereby being called into question, the requirement that the European Union institutions should pay due regard to the institutions of the United Nations must not result in there being no review of the lawfulness of such European Union measures, in the light of the fundamental rights which are an integral part of the general principles of European Union law.»

But I do not understand comparative law in this way; nor do I understand this as being an important lesson that comparatists have to teach to international jurists struggling with general principles.

When an international company has plans to expand and evolve, as General Counsel, how do you deal with all the legal matters at hand and ensure the company adheres to the law in all jurisdictions it is involved with?

The corrected view of the common law position prior to the English Act of 1978 is as expressed by Lord Collins and not as expressed by the Hong Kong Court and the Mighell rule does not reflect current English law, common law, civil law in general nor customary international law at the time of the Contract or now.

I am thus particularly pleased — and relieved — that the book is met with comments that enquire about the potential reach and limitations of my findings but not the general idea that it is legitimate and legally possible for international criminal lawyers to consider ESCR violations as part of what «their» body of law — under certain circumstances — can engage with (and has actually done so).

For example, no mention is made in the Task Force report of international, comparative, or transnational law, which are likely to become increasingly important given the globalization of Canada's economy (nor, parenthetically, does the Task Force believe that «a general understanding of the core legal concepts applicable to the practice of law in Canada» [8] should extend to the concepts of civil law).