This policy is contrary not only to international law, in particular human rights law, but also to general principles of law.
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Instead, they sometimes agree on the validity of internationally approved legal principles, the so-called " " general principles of law . ""
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In fact, respect for fundamental rights forms an integral part of the general principles of law protected by the Court of Justice.
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He called the policy an affront to " international law, in particular human rights law, but also to general principles of law ."
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"' Article 15 "'prohibits prosecutions under Ex post facto law and the imposition of general principles of law recognized by international community . ( jus cogens)
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Furthermore, the Council of State can quash regulations on grounds that they violate existing statute law, constitutional rights or the " general principles of law ".
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This is left to more general principles of law, mainly contract law . Because of this a degree of uncertainty as to the involved parties'liability remains.
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{{ Cquote | 71 According to settled case-law, fundamental rights form an integral part of the general principles of law the observance of which the Court ensures.
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To acknowledge the existence of a general principle of law, the ECJ does not require that the rules be a feature of all the national legal systems.
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Justice Samuel Chase argued that the government has no authority to interfere with an individual's rights, and " the general principles of law and reason " forbid the legislature from interfering.
