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Environmental Governance

Definition(s)

Law consisting of customs that are accepted as legal requirements or obligatory rules of conduct; practices and beliefs that are so vital and intrinsic a part of a social and economic system that they are treated as if they were laws (Source: Blacks's Law Dictionary, 2007)

Hierarchy

In other languages

French
droit coutumier
Russian
обычное право
Spanish
derecho consuetudinario
Chinese, Simplified
习惯法
Arabic
القانون العُرفي

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Multilateral environment agreements tagged with customary law

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Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents