international law

International law is a set of rules and principles governing the relations and conduct of sovereign states with each other, as well as with international organizations and individuals.

• TREATIES
• international law
• international criminal law
• international environmental law
• international economic law

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an international financial institution and a specialized agency of the United Nations.

• international law
• international economic law

International trade refers to commerce that occurs across national borders. An illustrative example is the importation and exportation of goods and services across national borders. The term international trade may also include foreign direct investments, especially in cases where the foreign investment impacts trade in goods and services. 

The International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) is a set of US Government regulations that control the import and export of defense products. The purpose of ITAR is to safeguard national security, and to further American foreign policy interests. 

Joint criminal enterprise (JCE) refers to mode of liability used in international war crimes tribunals that extends criminal liability to willing members of criminal groups.

• international criminal law
• war crimes

Jus cogens, or compelling law, refers to a category of norms that govern customary international law. The Latin term is used interchangeably with the English term “peremptory norm”. 

Jus cogens norms differ from other norms in two key respects. 

• international law
• International Court of Justice
• Vienna Convention
• international treaties
• TREATIES

King’s Bench is one of three divisional courts in the United Kingdom’s High Court that serves both as a court of original and appellate jurisdiction.

A legal system is the framework of rules, procedures, and institutions that a community uses to interpret and enforce their laws. A legal system is binding on all legal disputes within its jurisdiction. 

• international law
• federal law
• common law
• CIVIL LAW

Letter of request is a formal judicial document issued by a court in one country asking a court in another country to carry out a specific judicial act, most commonly to obtain evidence or serve process abroad.

Letters rogatory are the means by which a court in one country requests the judicial assistance of a court of a foreign country. Generally, the requests are to assist with service of process or the production of evidence located in the foreign country. For example, a German court may send a letter rogatory to a United States court requesting that the United States court take the testimony of a witness residing within the court's jurisdiction and transmit a transcript to the German court.