Definition of "international law" []

• A set of rules generally regarded and accepted as binding in relations between states and nations. Also called law of nations. (noun)

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• ""The problem is most expatriates then return to their home countries so this knowledge is lost to China," says Bernd-Uwe Stucken, Greater China managing partner for international law firm Salans."
• "After all that, its most well known feature apart from appearing in the Tom Cruise movieA Few Good Men is its status in international law: for as far as international law is concerned, Guantanamo Bay does not exist."
• "Goonewardene was Sri Lankan, educated in the United States in international law and diplomacy."