Sentences with phrase «complete codification»

The problem is that there are good arguments for the proposition that the definition of native title in the NTA was never intended to be a complete codification of the common law, but rather refer back to common law principles: see the arguments outlined in the judgment of Justice Merkel Commonwealth of Australia v Yarmirr (1999) 168 ALR 426, p507 - 515.

In their decision, a majority of judges found the act, passed in 1982, is «a complete codification of Canadian law» that grants states like Iran or Syria immunity from civil liability in Canada for acts of torture committed abroad.

Finally, Giacometti's prominence in a landmark 1959 exhibition, «New Images of Man,» organized at the Museum of Modern Art by Peter Selz, completed the codification of the meaning of his work as an emblem of the plight of humankind in extremis.

The Village of Camp Douglas, Wisconsin has completed the codification of most of its ordinances with the assistance of Attorney John R. Orton.

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The whole exhibition is structured as a catalyst, each work capturing or transmitting different energies and stories, through their materials (rubies, silver, fabric), their processes (photographic paper, embalmment, music, electricity, codification): the viewer is caught in a net of stories, symbolism and images which she / he asked to complete.

For a more complete definition and analysis of true codification, see my article, «The Meaning of Codification,» (1976), 35 C.R.N.S. 178, and the authorcodification, see my article, «The Meaning of Codification,» (1976), 35 C.R.N.S. 178, and the authorCodification,» (1976), 35 C.R.N.S. 178, and the authorities cited.

Sir John A. MacDonald, the great Canadian Prime Minister, led the fight for codification, and the 1892 Code was his monument (although it was completed under Sir John Thompson, a later PM).