But the outlines of the problem are already plain, and each side cites international precedents to make its case.

He said that there was international precedent for the legislation.

The failure of the majority opinion to cite a single international precedent, judicial or academic, is doubly frustrating.

A Soviet Foreign Ministry statement of Nov. 30 said that such an action would set a "dangerous international precedent".

In exhaustive detail, it explores international precedents on genocide dating from the 1930's.

Diplomats say such an effort could set an international precedent, firmly establishing the right of victims of famine and other disasters everywhere to receive help.

A pre-emptive attack like this would set a new international precedent that has no basis in the United Nations Charter.

The reforms of the judiciary are based on international precedents and international best practice.

And there are good international precedents for doing it.

America would assign Lieutenant Tobias Storm, legally, under international precedent, to train officers with a specialty in artillery.