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DROIT NATUREL [2 records]

Record 1 2013-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
CONT

natural rights: Those rights which supplement the direct rights, e.g., of ownership, by imposing duties on other persons. Thus every owner of land has "prima facie" the right to prevent his neighbours from polluting the air passing over his land, and from disturbing, diminishing or polluting the water flowing through his land; he is also entitled to so much support from his neighbour's land as is necessary to keep his own land at its natural level. These are called natural rights, as opposed to acquired rights, such as easements, "profits à prendre", franchises, etc. (Jowitt's, 2nd ed., 1977, p. 1221).

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

droit naturel : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Phraseology
  • Legal System
  • International Relations
CONT

Natural law (or law of nature). The belief in natural law and natural law theories has been one of the most ancient and persistent themes in philosophy, and in legal history and theory. In general, it denotes belief in a system of right or justice common to all men prescribed by the supreme controlling force in the universe and distinct from positive law, law laid down by any particular state or other human organization. The starting points of all natural law thinking have been "reason" and "the nature of man". But there have always been disagreements about the meaning of natural law and its relation to positive law.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie
  • Théorie du droit
  • Relations internationales
CONT

Le droit des gens peut être conçu, soit comme étant l'expression de la justice appliquée aux rapports internationaux, soit comme étant l'ensemble des règles qui, à un moment donné, sont effectivement en vigueur entre des États donnés. Dans le premier cas on est en présence du droit naturel, que l'on appelle aussi droit idéal, nécessaire, rationnel, primitif ou objectif. Dans le second cas on est en présence du droit positif, effectif ou établi. Cette distinction, qui n'est pas propre au droit international, y a une importance particulière pour des raisons d'ordre historique et technique : l'effort doctrinal des théologiens d'une part, l'absence de législateur superétatique d'autre part, expliquent l'attitude fréquemment adoptée par les auteurs du droit international, volontiers enclins à faire appel aux principes du droit naturel pour compléter, amender ou interpréter les données du droit positif.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fraseología
  • Régimen jurídico
  • Relaciones internacionales
DEF

Primeros principios de lo justo y lo injusto, inspirados por la propia naturaleza.

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