Sentences with phrase «contain arbitrary power»

Indeed, they go directly to the heart of the questions the Great Charter Convention series has raised: how can we contest and contain arbitrary power in society when certain individuals or group systematically have more influence over political decision - making?

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Politics in Spires, together with OurKingdom, IPPR and the Department of Politics at the University of Southampton, are hosting the Great Charter Convention — an open, public debate on where arbitrary power lies in the UK today and how we should contest and contain it.

Though it would be foolish to pretend a document drawn up by feudal barons contains the answers, the Magna Carta furnishes a rich tradition of resistance to arbitrary power to inspire and orientate contemporary struggles.

The Great Charter Convention — an open, public debate on where arbitrary power lies in the UK today and how we should contest and contain it.

Throughout, we will keep as our central focus the fundamental question: Where does arbitrary power lie today - and how can we contest and contain it?

In one sense, the Court's autonomy concern is based on a juristic fiction of a perfect legal system that contains no gaps or lacunae in the protective safety - net it offers to its subjects, and the glorified references to the principle of mutual trust and the EU's foundational values sound somewhat empty in light of arbitral practice and in light of the fact that arbitrary exercises of public power continue to take place within the internal market, with EU law having little to offer to the affected investors.