English
Noun
ordre public (uncountable)
- In international law, law and order.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔʁ.dʁə py.blik/
Noun
ordre public m (uncountable)
- law and order, public order
- atteinte à l'ordre public, trouble à l'ordre public ― public-order crime, breach of the peace
Derived terms
- ordre public interne (“ius cogens”)
- ordre public international (“public order, the mandatory legal rules which may limit the application of foreign norms”)
Descendants
- → German: ordre public (“public order, the mandatory legal rules which may limit the application of foreign norms”)
- → English: ordre public (“public order, the mandatory legal rules which may limit the application of foreign norms”)
- → German: öffentliche Ordnung (“public order, the mandatory legal rules which may limit the application of foreign norms”) (calque only in that sense)
- → Serbo-Croatian: javni red (“public order, the mandatory legal rules which may limit the application of foreign norms”) (calque)
See also