legal certainty

{{Short description|Legal principle}}

Legal certainty is a principle in national and international law which holds that the law must provide those subject to it with the ability to regulate their conduct.{{Cite web| last = Maxeiner| first = James R.| title = Some realism about legal certainty in globalization of the rule of law| publisher = Houston Journal of International Law| date = Fall 2008| url = https://scholarworks.law.ubalt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1409&context=all_fac| accessdate = 29 May 2011}}{{Cite book| last = Chalmers| first = Damian| title = European Union law: text and materials | publisher = Cambridge University Press| year = 2006| page= 454 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=xvAGWfi2EjwC&q=legal+certainty+foreseeable| isbn = 978-0-521-52741-5}}{{Cite book| last = Kaczorowsky| first = Alina| title = European Union law | publisher = Taylor & Francis| year = 2008| page = 232 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9atmZGmyJKoC&q=general+principle+of+community+law| isbn = 978-0-415-44797-3}}{{Cite book| last = Chalmers| first = Damian| title = European Union law: text and materials | publisher = Cambridge University Press| year = 2006| page = 455 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=xvAGWfi2EjwC&q=legal+certainty+foreseeable| isbn = 978-0-521-52741-5}}