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Unfortunately, international law is malleable, and is modified by the unwritten grundnorm of the international community (i.e., Israel is always in the wrong).kiwi dave(Quote)

The Volokh Conspiracy » Telling Interview with the Director of Amnesty Israel 2010

But with the UK Supreme Court nothing was invoked, no grundnorm, no mention of the common law, ancient rights, God, the Queen, nothing, so I choose to believe that beginning in 2009 the entire edifice of English Law has no legal justification or basis and will say so at my trial for robbing the Bank of England.

Behind the scenes at the UK's highest court Peter Rozovsky 2010

Hans Kelsen the legal theorist says that all laws are ultimately based on a grundnorm - a hypothetical construct or fiction which all lawyers choose to believe.

Behind the scenes at the UK's highest court Peter Rozovsky 2010

However again if a UK act of parliament explicitly overturned the Human Rights Act the SC would have to enforce it, because the grundnorm of the UK legal system is that latter acts of parliament always take precedence over earlier ones.

Behind the scenes at the UK's highest court Peter Rozovsky 2010

This debate is about our dearest party MCA and the application of the constitution as the grundnorm that allows our party to function smoothly.

SARA - Southeast Asian RSS Aggregator 2010

During a military regime, the constitution is no longer the grundnorm but the decree which created the military government and vested legality on it.

Vanguard News 2009

During a military regime, the constitution is no longer the grundnorm but the decree which created the military government and vested legality on it.

Vanguard News 2009

Unfortunately, international law is malleable, and is modified by the unwritten grundnorm of the international community (i.e.,

The Volokh Conspiracy » Telling Interview with the Director of Amnesty Israel 2010