Sentences with phrase «dead letter of the law»

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This man» a former official of the Second Republic (the previous civilian government, overthrown by the military in 1983) who was once imprisoned by the current regime» told me that in many places in the north, where he often tries cases, Nigerian civil law has become a dead letter: judges regularly turn cases over to the sharia courts even if only one party to the case is a Muslim.

These bottom - up pressures would likely render such an agreement a dead letter, or at least make it in effect a tax applicable only to the law - abiding developed countries that represent an ever - shrinking share of global carbon emissions.

One conclusion that might be drawn is that non-lawyer investment in law firms is a dead letter in the U.S. because the lawyers in the House of Delegates will never allow it.

Without such access, laws are liable to become a dead letter, the work done by Parliament may be rendered nugatory, and the democratic election of Members of Parliament may become a meaningless charade.