Sentences with phrase «clear legal doctrine»

Again, we have clear legal doctrine that says so.

Not exact matches

However, as with most legal issues, this is not always clear cut and courts employ many legal doctrines when warranted to find that contracts are not enforceable.

And that perhaps is why its doctrines demand such strict servility to the law; it is in the duty for the strict and correct application of legal doctrine that the key to judicial accountability lies, as I think the comments earlier this year of Mr. Justice David Stratas made clear (succinctly described and linked here: https://doubleaspectblog.wordpress.com/2016/01/15/taking-doctrine-seriously/).

But when one contrasts the Canadian reaction to the explicit insertion of religious views into the Republican Party and the recent book attempting to argue that the US Constitution (notwithstanding the separation doctrine) is a Christian text because of the beliefs of the Founding Fathers — then it becomes clear just how different the two legal cultures are.

When legal doctrine is lacking, lawyers and judges sometimes look for analogies, trying to find the most analogous transaction for which clear tax treatment does exist.