Sentences with phrase «discretion over the circumstances»

The final result of this Congressional action was a fair use statute that vested the trier of fact with broad discretion over the circumstances under which an author's exclusive rights must give way to other societal interests.

Not exact matches

If I was undecided before now, now I am certain Wenger's been right all with his approach of not signing prima donnas who think that they are bigger than the team, it's refreshing to see a player with as much enthusiasm as Sanchez but at some point discretion and good sense has to prevail, afterall he and Ozil are Barca and Madrid rejects, I would take RvP and Fabregas over him and Ozil, players we didn't have to pay over the odds for, players who despite the circumstances of their exits understood the team comes first.

[2] For this purpose, the courts have developed tools over the years to ensure that similar sentences are imposed on similar offenders for similar offences committed in similar circumstances — the principle of parity of sentences — and that sentences are proportionate by guiding the exercise of that discretion, and to prevent any substantial and marked disparities in the sentences imposed on offenders for similar crimes committed in similar circumstances.