Translation of "Rechtssätze" in English

Governments need to give themselves the tools to write rules at a much faster speed.

The founding treaties and instruments amending and supplementing them — chiefly the Single European Act and the Treaty on European Union — contain lhe basic provisions on the EC's objectives, organization and modus operandi, and the bulk of its economic law.

Certainly there appears to be no mandatory legal'provision which would stand in the way of an express arrangement by the parties to bind themselves initially as to obligation only and to defer agreement about the transfer of ownership until a later point in time.

Jurisprudence has, in time, enabled Greek labour law to build up a body of concepts - such as the working relationship - and principles - such as equal treat ment - and establish itself as a source of protection of the

This principle is acknowledged above all in German law1.

The older provisions of the law must be adapted to this situation and the courts very often take the view that if the legislature could have foreseen this change it would of necessity have taken it into account.

It may be questioned, however, whether a first instance department such as an Opposition Division of the EPO is a tribunal which is required to comply with this Article of the Strasbourg Convention, or with other generally recognised rules of law governing judicial procedures.

Here too in the Roman legacy we have to distinguish between two things: actual legal tenets, which have stood for centuries and to some extent are still valid, and besides this a treasure of ideas and methods.

An abstract mentality of that sort will turn out to be fruitless, above all, because it does not take into account the real problems and pastoral objectives that are at the base of the canonical norms.

Since the European Court of Justice is usually called to interpret concrete provisions of a legal regulation in question, legal sentences or parts of justifications of individual resolutions are included for ease of reference to such provisions of directives and orders, interpreted by the relevant decision.

However, this concept is commonly considered to be within the body of "general rules of law" which are generally recognised in countries such as the Contracting States of the EPC.

Consequently, the diocesan Bishop may exercise that legislative power not only to complement or determine superior juridical norms where such oblige or permit him, but also, bearing in mind the needs of the local Church and of the faithful, to regulate at diocesan level, with regard to any pastoral matters not reserved to the supreme authority or to some other ecclesiastical authority.

The right to a fair hearing before an impartial tribunal is well established as in accordance with natural justice and as one of such general rules of law.

For astronomy and geometry investigate actual, fixed, unchangeable conditions, some outside of, others inside the mind, † whereas legal decisions are derived first of all from the observation of variable, contradictory and ever undefinable tendencies, habits, customs and opinions, and jurisprudence as a discipline must according to the nature of things confine itself to the subject before it, formulating it more definitely, expressing it more exactly, making it more intelligible by comparison, and — above all — classifying it accurately by the finest analysis and adapting it to practical needs.

Research Project C8 investigates the legitimacy of norms and law-making processes in international humanitarian law.