International Law Commission. A body created in 1947 by the United Nations for the purpose of encouraging the progressive development and codification of international law. • The Commission is composed of experts in international law. It has drafted many important treaties that have become binding treaty law, including the Vienna Convention on the Law on […]
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code. 1. A complete system of positive law, carefully arranged and officially promulgated; a systematic collection or revision of laws, rules, or regulations (the Uniform Commercial Code). • Strictly, a code is a compilation not just of existing statutes, but also of much of the unwritten law on a subject, which is newly enacted as
consolidated laws 〈美〉法律汇编 对每个州的现行法律按类别〔subject matter〕编辑的汇编。 (→code; codification; compilation)
law commission. (often cap.) An official or quasi-official body of people formed to propose legal reforms intended to improve the administration of justice. • Such a body is often charged with the task of reviewing the law with an eye toward systematic development and reform, esp. through codification.
Lex Visigothorum Ervigiana 〈拉〉《欧维格西哥特法典》 这是西哥特王国〔Visigothic kingdom〕后期的一部法律汇编。它在体例安排和实质内容两方面都受到了优士丁尼法典化〔Justinian’s codification〕和欧维格国王〔King Erwig，公元680-687〕制定的教规的影响。它优于大多数日耳曼人的法典，并被奉为日耳曼王国法典中的典范。
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The part of a statute stating the legislative authority by which it is made and often the date when it will take effect. • A typical enacting clause begins with the words “Be it enacted that….” The enacting clause of a federal statute is, “Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
French law 法国法 是在法国发展起来的一套法律制度的总称，它是大陆法〔civil law〕或罗马-日尔曼法系〔Romano-Germanic family of legal systems〕的重要组成部分。其在国际上有着广泛的影响，这一方面是因为拿破仑的法典编纂〔Napoleonic codifications〕，另一方面也是因为民主政体〔democratic political system〕在法兰西的较早确立及当时法语在世界上的广泛使用。
Lieber Code. A codification of rules and customs of warfare, first developed by Francis Lieber during the American Revolution, formally adopted as law by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War, and used as the basis for the first codified international rules of law at The Hague Peace Conference of 1899. • The rules were extended
International Law Association 国际法协会 1873年10月由数名欧美法学家发起、在布鲁塞尔设立的一个学术团体，时名「国际法改革与编纂协会」〔Association for Reform and Codification of the Law of Nations〕，1895年更名为「国际法协会」。该协会的初始宗旨是制定一部国际法法典以作为国际仲裁制度的前提条件。后来其宗旨转变为研究、阐释和发展国际公法和国际私法，研究比较法，并就法律冲突问题和统一法律问题的解决提出建议，增进国际谅解与友好。该协会的会员除法学家外，还有政界、商界、金融界、企业界等方面的个人或组织。该协会主要研究国际实践中的法律问题，研究范围几乎涉及国际公法和国际私法的全部领域，为促进国际法的发展、统一和规范化发挥了积极作用。
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