Not least of all the Climate Change Act; a world first, binding the UK government by law to reduce carbon emissions by a third by 2020 and by 80% by 2050.
A portfolio agreement should be highly credible, given that it is grounded in domestic commitments, binding in and enforceable by law previously made by the very governments signing on to the international agreement.
Ultimately the covenant is so precarious that it must be supplemented by binding law.
The secretary of state, who is authorized by law to issue binding interpretations of the election code,rejected this peculiar reading of the statutes.
The court sided unanimously with Jokowi, granting none of Mr Prabowo's demands, but he has still refused to concede, even though the court's ruling is, by law, final and binding.
The precepts of the natural law are binding by nature: no beings could share our human nature yet fail to be bound by the precepts of the natural law.
Although this Declaration is not part of binding international law, its acceptance by all countries around the world gives great moral weight to the fundamental principle that all human beings, rich and poor, strong and weak, male and female, of all races and religions, are to be treated equally and with respect.
Luther's separation of worldly and Evangelical values, soon made binding law by Lutheran governments, brought an abrupt end to the early phase of the Reformation, during which events seemed to many to be moving toward a sweeping transformation of social, as well as religious, structures.
Cue much grumbling, and no doubt months of horse-trading, as the European Commission's recommendations are turned into binding law by national governments and the European Parliament.Countries with greenery in their veins are being asked to take more of the burden than newer members.
When medical data research is involved, the main rules are provided by binding legislation ("hard law") of the European Union (EU).
