domestic law
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdomesticandlaw
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domestic
adjective
uk/dəˈmes.tɪk/us/dəˈmes.tɪk/
relating to a person's ...
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law
noun
uk/lɔː/us/lɑː/
a rule, usually made by a government, that is used to order the way in which a ...
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(Definition ofdomesticandlawfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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These latter cases invoking elements ofdomesticlawrather than pure universal jurisdiction.
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Ourdomesticlawwould be satisfied.
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That is part of ourdomesticlaw.
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That is very different fromdomesticlaw.
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That is because of ourdomesticlaw.
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We only deal withdomesticlaw.
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They require no change indomesticlaw.
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They will not break acrossdomesticlaw.
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First, by signing and ratifying international conventions, individual nations agree to be bound by internationally created norms and international law becomes incorporated intodomesticlaw.
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This is because the structures are facilitative, they are not integral to everyday social life likedomesticlawto maintain civil society.
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Unlikedomesticlaw, which is uniformly applicable and enforceable for all citizens (at least in theory), human rights law is implemented on an incremental approach.
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But the convention is not part of ourdomesticlaw.
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It has much the same effect ondomesticlaw.
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That can draw on good practice from withindomesticlaw.
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We have also incorporated it into ourdomesticlaw.
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This judgment has no direct effect ondomesticlaw.
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There will be an effect ondomesticlaw.
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I was merely taking an analogy fromdomesticlaw.
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It has now been substantially enacted into ourdomesticlaw.
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Even then, it must go via thedomesticlaw.
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We want to reflect that in ourdomesticlaw.
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But ourdomesticlawis of the same effect.
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Of course, multinationals must have respect for thedomesticlaw.
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That principle has been incorporated intodomesticlaw.
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