Sentences with phrase «country under existing law»

Many of the children appearing in New York courtrooms have legal recourse to stay in the country under existing law, due to the dangers they faced at home, Mr. Annobil said.

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And so under this existing binding international law, nations have the ability to make choices that make sense for them on how they will keep their GHG emissions at levels that in combination with the GHG emissions of other countries will prevent dangerous climate change.

In summary, a strong case can be made that the US emissions reduction commitment for 2025 of 26 % to 28 % clearly fails to pass minimum ethical scrutiny when one considers: (a) the 2007 IPCC report on which the US likely relied upon to establish a 80 % reduction target by 2050 also called for 25 % to 40 % reduction by developed countries by 2020, and (b) although reasonable people may disagree with what «equity» means under the UNFCCC, the US commitments can't be reconciled with any reasonable interpretation of what «equity» requires, (c) the United States has expressly acknowledged that its commitments are based upon what can be achieved under existing US law not on what is required of it as a mater of justice, (d) it is clear that more ambitious US commitments have been blocked by arguments that alleged unacceptable costs to the US economy, arguments which have ignored US responsibilities to those most vulnerable to climate change, and (e) it is virtually certain that the US commitments can not be construed to be a fair allocation of the remaining carbon budget that is available for the entire world to limit warming to 2 °C.

This would be a means of recognizing in our most fundamental law that Quebec existed in our country as a distinctive part of it with unique needs in such matters as language and culture and that courts would need to take the existence of this «distinct society» into account when analyzing provisions under constitutional challenge.

While animal rights as such are still not recognized under the law, animal welfare laws, notably those against cruelty, do exist in Canada and other countries — a clear indication that animals are not considered «mere» chattels anymore.

However, the court would review the following four issues if challenged by the respondent: (1) whether the foreign court lacks jurisdiction pursuant to Taiwanese laws; (2) whether a default judgment is rendered against the losing defendant, but the notice or summons of the initiation of action had been legally served in a reasonable time in the foreign country or had been served through judicial assistance provided under the Taiwanese laws; (3) whether the performance ordered by such judgment or its litigation procedure is against Taiwanese public policy or morals; and (4) whether there exists no mutual recognition between the foreign country and Taiwan.

Insofar as section 15 (2) of the policy permits disclosures that might be permitted under American ethics rules but are not permitted under Canadian ethics rules, the proposed policy risks conflict with the existing law governing lawyers in our country and could create a messy situation for lawyers trying to determine how to conduct themselves in accordance with the law.

For the purposes of this Agreement, «Intellectual Property Rights» means all patent rights, copyright rights, mask work rights, moral rights, rights of publicity, trademark, trade dress and service mark rights, goodwill, trade secret rights and other intellectual property rights as may now exist or hereafter come into existence, and all applications therefore and registrations, renewals and extensions thereof, under the laws of any state, country, territory or other jurisdiction.

(a) parental responsibility for the child that exists under the law applying in the country in which the child was habitually resident continues to exist; and

Werner v. Katal Country Club (234 A.D. 2d 659)- broker may recover a commission in the absence of being the procuring cause in a transaction where the seller terminates the broker's activities in bad faith and as a mere device to escape the payment of the commission; triable issue of fact exists as to seller's bad faith where seller engaged in direct negotiations with buyer and withdrew proposed contract indicating broker was the procuring cause and inserting himself as procuring cause after broker refused to reduce his commission; cause of action against attorney under Judiciary Law § 487 (1).