But if you want more formal stuff, try a recent
article on Certainty in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy which I came across after deciding to do a bit of homework to backup my somewhat spontaneous earlier remarks.
Not exact matches
Lots and lots of G.W. Bush type «
certainty»
on both sides of a discussion that seems to be rather far from the subject of the
article.
This
article is a commentary
on Peace and
Certainty: A Theological Essay
on Deterrence.
«There are no
certainties just who it might be
on the other side of the computer,» one
article points out.
I have another
article coming up
on this, but it is critical to basic financial management that you place importance
on the ability to meet future needs with greater
certainty.
No matter where you are in the world, there is something we can report
on with
certainty, the Animal Crossing... View
Article
A particularly telling detail (hat tip to Eric Worrall for this) revealed in an 11/23/16 The New Yorker
article was these quotes from President Obama,
on perhaps what the real goal of this whole new «fake news» tactic is, portraying opposition to the
certainty of man - caused global warming as fake news fabrications:
But Gelbspan's more recent unwise comment was one that appeared at his personal page
on October 31st (click
on the «1 comment» link there, also captured in this screencapture for posterity) where he was commenting
on a New York Times
article which speculated about the outcome of the New York state attorney general's efforts to look into Exxon's alleged coverup of «what they knew about the
certainty of man - caused global warming and when they knew it»:
At the same time, according to him, «it can not be automatically assumed that Treaty provisions which impose
on Member States a precise and unconditional obligation as to the result to be achieved, as is the case for
Article 325 (1) and (2) TFEU, automatically fulfil, in each and every situation, the requirement of foreseeability required by the principles of legality and legal
certainty» (para. 176).
For the reasons given by the Court of Appeal, we are all of the opinion that the exclusion from the insurance policy based
on art. 2402 of the Civil Code of Québec may not be set up against the heirs of the insured, as that
article must, even in light of s. 34 (1) of the federal Interpretation Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. I - 21, be interpreted having regard to the principles of interpretation that apply in the area of insurance law so as to favour the precision and
certainty of the grounds for exclusion in such matters.
Given the negotiation parties» desire to establish legal
certainty, consistency and transparency for the roughly 5 million affected citizens and the prospect of an unprecedented bureaucratic operation, the Court missed an opportunity to clarify what kind of residence actually qualifies as «legal» residence for the purpose of acquiring permanent residence under
Article 16 of the Citizens Directive: is this any period of non-reliance
on the social assistance system (as AG Wathelet appears to suggest) or only periods in which applicants can demonstrate compliance with certain minimum thresholds for «work» or «sufficient resources» (as Member States seem to prefer)?
A recent white paper
on sport published by the Commission failed to provide any legal
certainty and while the EU Reform (Lisbon) Treaty, if ratified, would, for the first time, include an
article on sport, it merely underlines the importance of sport and its social and educational role within the EU.
Under
Article 8 of DIFC Law No 3 of 2004, the Law
on the Application of Civil and Commercial Laws in the DIFC, there is provision as to the law to be applied in the DIFC, the objective of which, according to
Article 7, is to provide
certainty as to the rights and obligations of persons in civil and commercial matters arising in the DIFC and to allow persons to adopt the laws of another jurisdiction in relation to such matters.
While the
Article 29 Working Party said
on Feb. 3 that it will not be taking enforcement action against companies that are using alternative transfer protocols following the invalidation of Safe Harbor, companies relying
on that framework do not have that
certainty and remain vulnerable.
Some of the concerns raised in this
article about the criminal law are based
on abuses that may occur in the future but can not be said with
certainty to have yet occurred.
What is important there is not so much the outcome of the Supreme Court decision
on the process for «Brexit» but
certainty, as soon as possible, about when the UK Government will trigger
article 50 and what — given that we now know that the UK is leaving the single market — transitional arrangements for insurance and financial services will look like.
The Committee expresses concern at the all - inclusive category of «other conduct that disrupts court order» in various
articles of the Law
on Lawyers, the Criminal Procedure Law and in the newly amended
article 309 of the Criminal Law, which in its view is overbroad, undermines the principle of legal
certainty and is open to abusive interpretation and application.»