dispositif

plural dispositifs · alternative dispositive

1. international lawA part of a document that communicates the decisions taken by some organization or nation on a particular issue.

   Thereafter the court ruled unanimously in paragraph 2c of its dispositif that threat or use of force by means of nuclear weapons is contrary to the UN charter and is unlawful.

2. human sciencesAccording to Michel Foucault, the aggregate of institutional, physical and administrative mechanisms and knowledge structures that enhance and maintain the exercise of power within society (see dispositif).