It became the sole `` subject '' of `` international law '' ( a term which, it is pertinent to remember, was coined by Bentham ), a body of legal principle which by and large was made up of what Western nations could do in the world arena.

The enormous changes in world politics have, however, thrown it into confusion, so much so that it is safe to say that all international law is now in need of reexamination and clarification in light of the social conditions of the present era.

To him, law is the command of the sovereign ( the English monarch ) who personifies the power of the nation, while sovereignty is the power to make law -- i.e., to prevail over internal groups and to be free from the commands of other sovereigns in other nations.

Moreover, the law of the land is not irrevocable ; ;

That is to say Gabriel's fundamental law had been so much modified by this time that it was neither fundamental nor law any more.

It is a weakness of Gabriel's analysis that he never seems to realize that his so-called fundamental law had already been cut loose from its foundations when it was adapted to democracy.

Mr. Stavropoulos is the U.N. legal chief and a very good man, but he is not fully versed on some technical points of American law ''.

His father was a professor at Hartford Theological Seminary, and from him he acquired a conviction, which he passed along to me, that there is in the universe of persons a moral law, the law of love, which is a natural law in the same sense as is the physical law.

Austin's nineteenth-century view of law and sovereignty still dominates much of today's legal and political thinking.

In a properly ordered society the massive force of public law performs the function which in natural law theory ineptly is left altogether to a small voice so often still.

With regard to historic properties ( those properties that are listed or that are eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places, or properties designated as historic under State or local law ), those facilities must still comply with the provisions of Title III of the ADA to the " maximum extent feasible " but if following the usual standards would " threaten to destroy the historic significance of a feature of the building " then alternative standards may be used.

Assault in some US jurisdictions is defined more broadly still as any intentional physical contact with another person without their consent ; but in the majority of the United States, and in England and Wales and all other common law jurisdictions in the world, this is defined instead as battery.

A " no decision " bout occurred when, by law or by pre-arrangement of the fighters, if both boxers were still standing at the fight's conclusion and there was no knockout, no official decision was rendered and neither boxer was declared the winner.

Significant elements of English common law prior to 1776 still remain in effect in many jurisdictions in the United States, because they have never been rejected by American courts or legislatures.

" Thus, even when reception was effected by a constitution, the common law was still subject to alteration by a legislature's statute.

His works are still cited by common law courts around the world.

Law professor John Chipman Gray's The Nature and Sources of the Law, an examination and survey of the common law, is also still commonly read in U. S. law schools.

As the word Capoeira was still forbidden by Brazilian law, Bimba called his new style Luta Regional Baiana ( meaning regional fight from Bahia ).

The government's official line for these martial law provisions stemmed from the claim that emergency provisions were necessary, since the Communists and Kuomintang ( KMT ) were still in a state of war.

Some Christians agree that Jews who accept Jesus should still observe all of Torah, see for example Dual-covenant theology, based on warnings by Jesus to Jews not to use him as an excuse to disregard it, and they support efforts of those such as Messianic Jews ( Messianic Judaism is considered by most Christians and Jews to be a form of Christianity ) to do that, but some Protestant forms of Christianity oppose all observance to the Mosaic law, even by Jews, which Luther criticised as Antinomianism, see Antinomianism # Antinomian Controversies in Lutheranism and Luther # Anti-Antinomianism for details.

He still carries out the " letter of the law ", as deputy Sheriff, and wins over their respect.

In theory, divine, natural, customary, and constitutional law still held sway over the king, but, absent a superior spiritual power, it was difficult to see how they could be enforced, since the king could not be tried by any of his own courts.

In Goodwin v United Kingdom the Court ruled that a law which still classified post-operative transsexual persons under their pre-operative sex, violated article 12 as it meant that transsexual persons were unable to marry individuals of their post-operative opposite sex.

In Malaysia, fellatio is still illegal, but the law is seldom enforced.

As late as the eighteenth-century some juries still declared the law rather than the fact, but already before the end of the seventeenth century Sir Matthew Hale explained modern common law adjudication procedure and acknowledged Bacon as the inventor of the process of discovering unwritten laws from the evidences of their applications.

In St. John's, individuals violating a 1775 law banning hunting the Great Auk for its feathers or eggs were publicly flogged, though hunting for use as fishing bait was still permitted.

In their breeding grounds in Baja California, Mexican law protects whales in their lagoons while still permitting whale watching.

In this view, traditional Jewish law is still seen as binding.

Eugene Carson Blake criticised the concepts of nature and natural law, which, in his view, still dominated Catholic theology, as outdated.

The phrase " absolute alienation of reason " is still regarded as at the core of the defense in the modern law ( see HM Advocate v Kidd ( 1960 ) JC 61 and Brennan v HM Advocate ( 1977 )

At that time, numerous influences-including a growing awareness of the unity and fragility of the biosphere following mankind's first steps into outer space ( see, for example, the Blue Marble ), increased public concern over the impact of industrial activity on natural resources and human health ( see, for example, the 1969 Cuyahoga River fire, the increasing strength of the regulatory state, and more broadly the advent and success of environmentalism as a political movement-coalesced to produce a huge new body of law in a relatively short period of time.

Today, law enforcement agencies, popular media, the United Nations, other nations and even some medical practitioners can be observed applying the term very broadly and often pejoratively in reference to a wide range of illicit substances, regardless of the more precise definition existing in medical contexts.

Law enforcement broadly refers to any system by which some members of society act in an organized manner to promote adherence to the law by discovering and punishing persons who violate the rules and norms governing that society.

The law now broadly distinguishes between real property ( land and anything affixed to it ) and personal property ( everything else, e. g., clothing, furniture, money ).

They were committed broadly to the abolition of corruption within the Parliamentary and judicial process, toleration of religious differences, the translation of law into the common tongue and, arguably, something that could be considered democracy in its modern form-arguably the first time contemporary democratic ideas had been formally framed and adopted by a political movement.

War crimes are sometimes part of instances of mass murder and genocide though these crimes are more broadly covered under international humanitarian law described as crimes against humanity.

) Before an item of legislation becomes law it may be known as a bill, and may be broadly referred to as " legislation " while it remains under consideration to distinguish it from other business.

Thus, the new definition of trademark in India broadly encompasses almost all the elements of trade dress under the US law.

Thus the law broadly distinguishes between ' real ' property ( land and anything affixed to it ) and ' personal ' property or chattels ( everything else, e. g., clothing, furniture, money ).

Third, its faculty affiliates and fellows offer courses in a range of areas broadly falling under the health law heading.

The law was struck down, legalizing abortion for any woman for any reason, up through the first trimester, with possible restrictions for maternal health in the second ( the midpoint of which is the approximate time of fetal viability ), and possibly illegal in the third with exception for the mother's health, which the court defined broadly in Doe v. Bolton.

More broadly, conventions of war and treaty-making were part of the ius gentium, the " law of nations ," the customary moral obligations regarded as innate and universal to human beings.

Thus the law broadly distinguishes between real property ( land and anything affixed to it ) and personal property ( everything else, e. g., clothing, furniture, money ).

A contract can be broadly defined as an agreement that is enforceable at law.

Trespass is an area of tort law broadly divided into three groups: trespass to the person, trespass to chattels and trespass to land.

Through the evolution of the common law in various jurisdictions, and the codification of common law torts, most jurisdictions now broadly recognize three trespasses to the person: assault, which is " any act of such a nature as to excite an apprehension of battery "; battery, " any intentional and unpermitted contact with the plaintiff's person or anything attached to it and practically identified with it "; and false imprisonment, the " unlaw obstruct or depriv of freedom from restraint of movement ".

Many legal scholars cite the UDHR as evidence for customary international law and more broadly the UDHR has become an authoritative human rights reference.

The court stated that this should be interpreted broadly and thus must include both statute law and common law.

The law is broadly written and Canada's courts have often intervened to remove ambiguity.

The law must be confirmed and broadly agreed upon through the process of inductive reasoning.

Australia has no constitutional protection for the right to silence, but it is broadly recognised by State and Federal Crimes Acts and Codes and is regarded by the courts as an important common law right.

Most formal academic work done in law and economics is broadly within the Neoclassical tradition.