The legal system governing the relationships between nations; more modernly, the law of international relations, embracing not only nations but also such participants as international organizations and individuals (such as those who invoke their human rights or commit war crimes). — Also termed public international law; law of nations; law of nature and nations; jus […]
international law 国际法 规范各主权国家相互关系及其权利义务等的法律原则。「international law」为英国学者杰里米·边沁〔Jeremy Bentham〕在1789年创制的新词，现已取代同义的「万民法」〔jus gentium; law of nations〕，成为通用名称。在现代，国际性关系不仅包括国与国之间的关系，也包括一些国际性组织、跨国公司及非政府组织甚至是个人(犯有战争罪或侵犯人权的人)。国际法亦作「public international law」;「law of nations」;「law of nature and nations」;「jus gentium」;「jus gentium publicum」;「jus inter gentes」;「foreign relations law」;「interstate law」;「law between states」。