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LEGAL ORIGINS [3 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2005-10-28
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Legal System
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- moral blameworthiness
1, record 1, English, moral%20blameworthiness
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The requirement of moral blameworthiness for attribution of responsibility and punishment dates back to the origins of western ethical and legal thought... 2, record 1, English, - moral%20blameworthiness
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Théorie du droit
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- culpabilité morale
1, record 1, French, culpabilit%C3%A9%20morale
feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- réprobation morale 2, record 1, French, r%C3%A9probation%20morale
feminine noun
- responsabilité morale 3, record 1, French, responsabilit%C3%A9%20morale
feminine noun
- caractère moralement blâmable 3, record 1, French, caract%C3%A8re%20moralement%20bl%C3%A2mable
masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 1999-11-22
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- International Law
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- sources of international law
1, record 2, English, sources%20of%20international%20law
correct, plural
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The sources of international law. There is innate in man a consciousness of right and wrong, regulating his behaviour towards his fellows, the recognition of the requirement to "co-exist" with them on a reasonable footing. Human society, on the other hand, cannot function without a certain number of binding rules of conduct which must be such as to enable it to avoid bellum omnium contra omnes. These factors are the underlying causes of the birth of law in any human community. The accent may be laid on one or other of these fundamental elements, but the two are always present. These are the "sources" of the law in their philosophical, psychological, sociological connotation, the "material" sources.... The concrete ways and means, the "formal" sources of the law, differ from community to community : they are not the same in secular as in ecclesiastical communities, nor in national as in international society. These "formal" sources,... necessarily reflect the nature and structure of the community concerned : they appear as custom, legislation, bye-laws, national case law, papal bulls, treaties, resolutions of international bodies, etc., as the case may be. There is still a third sense in which the expression "sources" is used in respect of law; in this sense the metaphor does not refer to the basic or to the "formal" origins of legal rules, but to the documents and writings in which they can be found, just as in another field historians work with their "sources". These are not, of course, genuine sources of the law. 2, record 2, English, - sources%20of%20international%20law
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Droit international
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- sources du droit international
1, record 2, French, sources%20du%20droit%20international
correct, feminine noun, plural
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Ces sources englobent les sources matérielles (ensemble des éléments auxquels se rattache la formation des règles du droit international, c'est-à-dire les sources du droit des gens, la conscience juridique commune, les principes et les faits qui expliquent l'origine profonde de l'apparition des règles juridiques) et les sources formelles (qui extériorisent, qui expriment les règles de droit), c'est-à-dire les quatre catégories de sources que la CIJ [Cour internationale de Justice] utilise pour déterminer le droit applicable aux différends dont elle est saisie. 1, record 2, French, - sources%20du%20droit%20international
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Reproduit de la Liste provisoire de termes juridiques se rapportant aux travaux de la Commission du droit international avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève. 2, record 2, French, - sources%20du%20droit%20international
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 1992-05-28
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Foreign Trade
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- legal origins
1, record 3, English, legal%20origins
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Commerce extérieur
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- antécédents judiciaires
1, record 3, French, ant%C3%A9c%C3%A9dents%20judiciaires
correct, masculine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
d'une affaire 1, record 3, French, - ant%C3%A9c%C3%A9dents%20judiciaires
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
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