Sentence examples for customary norms from inspiring English sources

Ethics is the study of the real qualities of human activities, not of what is right or obligatory, these latter questions being relegated to the study of customary norms and expectations arising from particular practices and ways of life.

This institutional environment is not only limited to the formal institutions, such as laws, trade unions and civil society among others but also involves the informal institutions, such as religious norms, culture, tribal traditions or customary norms (Brammer et al. 2012).

The tensions and erosion of customary norms and practices that are precipitated by sedentarisation are accelerated by the invasion of P. juliflora, and contentious state relations (Barrow et al. 2007) are placed under increased pressure by a call to action from all parties.

International treaties and customary norms forbid capital punishment.

The trick for those who are R2P opponents and chemical weapons taboo proponents is to figure out how to support the anti-WMD norm while maintaining customary norms of sovereignty.

Clearly, the abolition of the death penalty for people with mental retardation is a goal of the international community and is emerging as a customary norm of international human rights law.

In another variant, values may be made relevant to legal validity by the customary norm that governs judicial practice, which is the most fundamental norm, constitutive of a legal system, on the classic model that Hart made famous.

Although the reform granted female headed households to equal access of land based on their household sizes, they were allocated unproductive, swampy and marginal lands attributed to patriarchal social norms, customary practices and poor legal services.

The New York District Court has held that liability in international law "for knowing practical assistance or encouragement which has a substantial effect on the perpetration of the crime" is a core principle that forms the foundation of customary international legal norms [ 50].

Even if a country is not a party to the Refugee Convention, it is bound by the customary international law norm of non-refoulement.

In a wrongful death lawsuit filed late on Sunday, the families of Salem bin Ali Jaber and Waleed bin Ali Jaber said their deaths "violated the laws of war and norms of customary international law" and "provide a case study of the failures of the drone war".