soft law
soft law 软法 国际(法)律师的行话，指国际社会广泛接受的行为规范之粗泛性原则，与这些原则的宣言式声明一样，无特定的义务要求。 (→hard law)
SOFT LAW
soft law
soft law. 1. Collectively, rules that are neither strictly binding nor completely lacking in legal significance. 2. Int’l law. Guidelines, policy declarations, or codes of conduct that set standards of conduct but are not legally binding.