Both municipal and international judicial decisions can serve to establish new principles and rules.
"It's also about respect for the principles and rules of democracy.
They test "inductive reasoning, measuring the ability to identify patterns and infer principles and rules", say the researchers in their paper in the British Medical Journal.
"I saw my world go up in flames before my eyes…the little world of family continuity…of values, principles and rules".
The International Court of Justice ruled on July 8 , 1996 that "the threat or use of nuclear weapons would generally be contrary to the rules of international law applicable in armed conflict, and in particular the principles and rules of humanitarian law".
It is a forceful attempt to set the weights of market forces and accompanying values, principles and rules into a new global relationship that fits best the needs of people in the era of globalization.
Reflecting calls for a less ambitious approach in Washington, the Czech finance minister, Miroslav Kalousek, said he would like the European Union and United States "to agree on the need to coordinate principles and rules".
Sants said the shift in policy was necessary because the market was influenced by people who lacked principles, and rules needed to be drawn up to keep them in check.
As Zabiullah Mujahed, a Taliban spokesman, told your correspondent, "all mujahideen who come to Afghanistan to fight have to accept the principles and rules and regulations of the Emirate.
After all, it makes no sense to make policy in terms of sweeping doctrines that purport to lay down general, binding principles and rules of conduct that must be followed consistently, across the board.
