self-executing

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self-executing

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(Law) (of a law, treaty, or clause in a deed or contract, etc.) coming into effect automatically at a specified time, no legislation or other action being needed for enforcement

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Law			Self-executing treaties can be directly enforced by American courts; non-self-executing treaties require implementing legislation before a court can act. New world playpen: the United Nations' parental power grab by Farris, Michael P. / The American Conservative Third, treaties are often not self-executing under U. The constitutional power to interpret international law by Paulsen, Michael Stokes / Yale Law Journal 46) He did not join the majority opinion, however, because he thought that the case was much closer than the majority allowed, specifically with respect to the default executory status of treaties, and because he was convinced that the Vienna Convention was self-executing and was itself judicially enforceable in domestic courts. Treaties, execution, and originalism in Medellin v. Texas by Geslison, Ben / Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy			self-effacing self-elected Self-elective self-employed self-employed person self-employment self-enclosed self-enforcing Self-enjoyment self-enrichment self-established self-esteem Self-estimation Self-evidence self-evident self-evident truth self-evidently Self-evolution Self-exaltation Self-examinant self-examination self-examining Self-excite self-excited self-exculpatory self-executing self-exile Self-existence self-existent self-explaining self-explanatory Self-exposure self-expression self-feeder self-fertile self-fertilisation self-fertilised self-fertilization Self-fertilized self-filling self-financing self-flagellation self-forgetful self-fulfilling self-fulfillment self-fulfilment self-generated self-given self-giving Self-glorious self-governed			Self-estimation self-evaluation self-evaluations self-evidence self-evidence self-evident self-evident Self-evident proposition Self-evident proposition self-evident truth self-evident truth self-evidently self-evidently Self-evolution Self-exaltation Self-exaltation Self-examinant self-examination self-examination self-examination self-examining Self-Excitation of Generators Self-Excitation of Oscillations Self-excite self-excited self-excited self-excited oscillator self-excited vibration Self-Exciting Threshold Autoregressive self-exculpatory self-executing Self-Executing Treaty self-exile self-exile self-exile self-exiled Self-existence Self-existent Self-existent Self-Expanding Vascular Occluder self-explaining self-explanatory self-explanatory Self-exposure self-express self-expression Self-Expression and Leadership Program self-expressive Self-Extensible Language self-extinguishing Self-extracting archive Self-Extracting Archive Utility Self-extracting archives Self-extracting exe Self-extracting file Self-extraction Self-extraction Self-extraction Self-extraction Self-extractor self-faced stone

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