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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

Related terms:
community protocol
community right
existing right
traditional right
vested right
custom law
consuetudinary law
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