Sentences with phrase «conventions of given societies»
Does it have any foundations beyond the basically arbitrary conventions of given societies?
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Society officers were given such secular titles as general secretary or president, and annual conventions of the denominations were mass meetings, not representative deliberative gatherings.
«By including civil society in general, the bill will also undermine both section 22 of the 1999 Nigerian constitution and article 13 of the UN Convention against Corruption, both of which have given the media a critical role to ensure that the government, at all levels, is accountable to the citizenry.»
Given the levels of society these characters were in, we can see how crucial it was to lead a life that followed conventions of the the time.
In a speech given Friday evening to the American Constitution Society convention in Washington, D.C., Holder charged, «For the last 6 years the position of leader of the Free World has been largely vacant.»