international law

body of rules and principles that govern the relations among nations

International law can refer to three distinct legal disciplines.public international law, which involves for instance the United Nations, maritime law, international criminal law and the Geneva conventions.private international law or conflict of laws, which addresses the question of which legal jurisdiction cases may be heard insupranational law or the law of supranational organizations, which concerns at present regional agreements where the special distinguishing quality is that laws of nation states are held inapplicable when conflicting with a supranational legal system.
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Noun
1. the body of laws governing relations between nations
(synonym) law of nations
(antonym) civil law
(hypernym) law, jurisprudence

A combination of treaties and customs which regulates the conduct of states amongst themselves. The highest judicial authority of international law is the International Court of Justice and the administrative authority is the United Nations. - (read more on International law)