Origin 1789
International law, also known as public international law and the law of nations, is the set of rules, norms, legal customs and standards that states and other actors feel an obligation to, and generally do, obey in their mutual relations. In international relations, actors are the individuals and collective entities, such as states, international organizations and non-state groups, that can make behavioral choices, whether lawful or unlawful; rules are formal, typically written expectations that outline required behavior, while norms are informal, often unwritten guidelines about appropriate behavior shaped by custom and social practice. International law establishes norms for states across a broad range of domains, including war and diplomacy, economic relations, and human rights. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Origin Period Core PrincipleRules, norms and standards that states and other actors feel obliged to obey in their mutual relations, operating largely through consent. 1 Origin Period
Origin Period (category)Early Modern (1500-1800) 1 Classification
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Entity-backed identity for the doctrine category value this doctrine already carries as an enum fact, resolved to a doctrine entity by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The enum fact itself stays on the entity unchanged.
Entity-backed identity for the doctrine category value this doctrine already carries as an enum fact, resolved to a doctrine entity by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The enum fact itself stays on the entity unchanged.
Entity-backed identity for the doctrine category value this doctrine already carries as an enum fact, resolved to a doctrine entity by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The enum fact itself stays on the entity unchanged.
Entity-backed identity for the doctrine category value this doctrine already carries as an enum fact, resolved to a doctrine entity by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The enum fact itself stays on the entity unchanged.
Entity-backed identity for the doctrine category value this doctrine already carries as an enum fact, resolved to a doctrine entity by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The enum fact itself stays on the entity unchanged.
Associated With
The Basel Accords are a body of international soft law: non-binding standards issued by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision that member jurisdictions implement through domestic legislation.
The Montreal Protocol is a multilateral international environmental treaty adopted under the auspices of the United Nations Environment Programme.
Sources
1. International law (Wikipedia)
Lead section, third paragraph
The modern term "international law" was originally coined by Jeremy Bentham in his 1789 book Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation to replace the older law of nations
Lead section, first paragraph
International law, also known as public international law and the law of nations, is the set of rules, norms, legal customs and standards that states and other actors feel an obligation to, and generally do, obey in their mutual relations.
View the Source2. Wikipedia: International law
the set of rules, norms, legal customs and standards that states and other actors feel an obligation to obey in their mutual relationsView the Source International law (Wikipedia)
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