Non liquet translates into English from Latin as "it is not clear."

Thus, absence of determinable international law leads to the court declaring something non liquet.

In law, a non liquet is a situation where there is no applicable law.

Note that municipal courts enforcing international law are not constrained to declare an area non liquet.

"He was stupidly prosecuted on a charge of arson, and Nymphidius got a non liquet result."

In addition, the proceedings explored the status of "Lotus approach", and employed the concept of non liquet.

2-6 to Tibullus himself; but the style is different, and it is best to answer the question, as Biihrens does, with a non liquet.

Nero pulled it out, and his forehead wrinkled with disgust as he let the words drip out of his mouth: "Non liquet!"

But it has been argued by many that invoking of the non liquet doctrine is opposed to the notion of law being a complete (and autonomous) system.

A legal context which is non liquet (that is, there is no applicable law), or in which some injustice is uncorrected

Each assessor has received the usual three voting tablets, marked with an A for absolvo, C for condemno, and NL for non liquet."

To avoid the possibility of non liquet, sub-paragraph (c) added the requirement that the general principles applied by the Court were those that had been "the general principles of the law recognized by civilized nations".

Given the limits of treaties or custom as sources of international law, Article 38(1) may be looked upon as a directive to the Court to fill any gap in the law and prevent a non liquet by reference to the general principles.

Non liquet translates into English from Latin as "it is not clear."

Thus, absence of determinable international law leads to the court declaring something non liquet.

In law, a non liquet is a situation where there is no applicable law.

Note that municipal courts enforcing international law are not constrained to declare an area non liquet.

"He was stupidly prosecuted on a charge of arson, and Nymphidius got a non liquet result."

In addition, the proceedings explored the status of "Lotus approach", and employed the concept of non liquet.

2-6 to Tibullus himself; but the style is different, and it is best to answer the question, as Biihrens does, with a non liquet.

Nero pulled it out, and his forehead wrinkled with disgust as he let the words drip out of his mouth: "Non liquet!"

But it has been argued by many that invoking of the non liquet doctrine is opposed to the notion of law being a complete (and autonomous) system.

A legal context which is non liquet (that is, there is no applicable law), or in which some injustice is uncorrected

Each assessor has received the usual three voting tablets, marked with an A for absolvo, C for condemno, and NL for non liquet."

To avoid the possibility of non liquet, sub-paragraph (c) added the requirement that the general principles applied by the Court were those that had been "the general principles of the law recognized by civilized nations".

Given the limits of treaties or custom as sources of international law, Article 38(1) may be looked upon as a directive to the Court to fill any gap in the law and prevent a non liquet by reference to the general principles.