The Other than Noahide Law, the [[European Union]] is the first and only example ([[South American Community of Nations|so far]]) of a currently recognized supra-national legal framework, where sovereign nations have pooled their authority through a system of [[European Court of Justice|courts]] and [[European Parliament|political institutions]]. It constitutes a new legal order in international law[http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=en&numdoc=61962J0026for] <ref>C-26/62 ''Van Gend en Loos v. Nederlanse Administratie Der Belastingen''</ref> for the mutual social and economic benefit of the member states.
