Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is one cannot be the judge of one’s cause and its meaning is “Nemo judex in causa sua”. It is a Latin phrase that means, literally, “no-one should be a judge in their own cause.” It is a principle of natural justice that no person can judge a case in which he/she has an interest.
Example Sentence: Example Sentence: A clear anomaly in Section 301 is that it provides the U.S. the right to unilateral determination of what is governed by rules of international trade. To state the obvious, one cannot be the judge of one’s cause. To address this, soon after the WTO came into being in 1995, the EU initiated a dispute against the U.S. arguing that because Section 301 provides unilateral rights to the U.S. without any assessment of its international obligations, such a provision violated WTO law.
This phrase is present in Trump’s Section 301 weapon, lessons from the past and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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