Meanings (ES + gloss)
ley de la selva
A putative law dictating that one serves one's own interest to the extent that one can, in any situation where legal authority is absent or generally ignored; self-interested behaviour that emerges in the absence of law; lawlessness.
1938, Proceedings of the Sixth Conference of Teachers of International Law and Related Subjects, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, page 111, In the next war there will be…
1983, The Law of the Sea, School of Law, Duke University, page 57, To bring order to this law of the jungle at sea was a particular reason for the Law of the Sea Conference, especi…
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