found: Work cat.: Soft law in European Community law, 2004:p. 112 (Rules of conduct that are laid down in instruments which have not been attributed legally binding force as such, but nevertheless may have certain (indirect) legal effects, and that are aimed at and may produce practical effects)
found: Black's law dict., c2004(1. Collectively, rules that are neither strictly binding nor completely lacking in legal significance. 2. Int'l law. Guidelines, policy declarations, or codes of conduct that set standards of conduct but are not legally binding)
found: A dict. of law, 2002(soft law (in international law): Guidelines of behavior, such as those provided by treaties not yet in force, resolutions of the United Nations, or international conferences, that are not binding in themselves but are more than mere statements of political aspiration (they fall into a legal/political limbo between these two states). Soft law contrasts with hard law, i.e., those legal obligations, found either in treaties or customary international law ... that are binding in and of themselves)
found: Encyc. of public int. law, 2000(Soft law. [Section] 1. Norms in the twilight between law and politics ... Social norms range from purely moral or political commitments to strictly legal ones ... Extralegal norms ... can be found in all fields of law but have particular importance in international relations)
notfound: Legal periodicals full text thesaurus in WilsonWeb, Feb. 2, 2006