04:06 Oct 10, 2011 

Hi Allison, I ended up using 'basic legalities', so if you want to post that I can choose it as the best answer...

11:08 Jun 8, 2011 

It is a text about German advisory services for the Malagasy government. Thanks for your help, all!

10:27 Jun 8, 2011 

that this is a report, written in German, about a francophone (African) country? Hot or cold? :)

07:21 Jun 8, 2011 

..a (working)draft of (outlining) the rudimentary legalities concerning...

23:01 Jun 7, 2011 

It should be UK English

21:56 Jun 7, 2011 

whether this is a diplomatic, or fancy, way of saying, "A draft outlining the *basic legalities* with respect to (available) competences and financing of communes has been prepared..."

21:36 Jun 7, 2011 

I run into a passage like this:"International Law is a system of rudimentary law. Indeed, when compared to a system of national law, there is no central body for establishing laws." I am hesitant to think this is the idea here, rather something like "foundational" or "organizational"? Is this again a question of UK and US usage?