Sentences with phrase «existing bodies of law»

The UN in particular has often been first in the field with legislative models, rather than trying to find common elements in existing bodies of law.

He states: «Everybody knows that when the Court announces unenumerated constitutional rights... the judges are looking at more than an existing body of law.»

Legislating in a common law environment, an Act of Parliament, even a principle Act, does not so much set out the law in an area, as set out the changes to an existing body of law — changes across both statute and common law.»

Not exact matches

Nothing of the sort exists in any previous body of law, say, the Babylonian code.

In the federal employment anti-discrimination laws, a specific exception exists for religious bodies that discriminate on the basis of religion, and a couple of years ago, in the Hosanna - Tabor case, the Supreme Court held that the Constitution allows religious bodies to discriminate with respect to the employment of ministers.

Paul insists that the reign of the law extends throughout the body of a fallen humanity, but it is confined to all that human sphere which does not yet exist in faith, for insofar as we exist in faith we are delivered from the bondage of the law.

«The reality is intellectual property rights are covered by a body of existing laws.

Regardless of who is chosen, existing precedents and the state's body of law are distinct from federal rules.

Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office unless the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive department or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.

@AndyT As you may be aware, for quite a lot of how the UK political system works, finding an authoritative reference can be difficult, since the constitution is formed from the body of laws and precedents which already exist.

In response to the clear desire of New Yorkers for fair representation, the Legislature should instruct the Legislative Task Force on Research and Reapportionment, the existing body responsible for redistricting, to adhere to the following standards, in addition to the criteria required by federal law and the state constitution:

I'm not happy at all with that law, but it allows us to continue to exist as a learned body of outstanding scientists.

Urges legislative bodies and governmental agencies to interpret existing laws and policies, and to adopt laws and policies that allow the implementation and administration of trap - neuter - vaccinate - return programs for community cats within their jurisdictions so as to promote their effective, efficient, and humane management.

While having a body of existing policies and laws that cover «substantial ground» lessens the need for new legislation, «a sustained low level of legislative developments could be a sign for concern,» the study says.

The core idea is both radical and straightforward: a council of «Guardians of Future Generations», chosen like a jury from the general public, would sit above the existing law - making bodies and have two core powers.

This has led to a complex body of law that focuses on whether the defendant is, in fact, a «stranger» to the existing contractual relationship.

I suspect that the real heavy lifting in enhancing access to justice is a matter of procedural reform — specialized decision - making bodies with extremely simplified procedural rules for specific civil law issues (something that actually already exists in certain areas such as Landlord / Tenant, but could be further improved upon), wider permissions for over-the-counter motions, fewer unnecessary court appearances, fewer procedurally - mandated appearances (e.g., going from a Case Conference to a Settlement Conference to a Trial Management Conference, and possibly further, before you can get to a family law trial), and so on.

a) There must be a statutory grant of jurisdiction by the federal Parliament; b) There must be an existing body of federal law which is essential to the disposition of the case and which nourishes the statutory grant of jurisdiction; and c) The law on which the case is based must be «a law of Canada» as the phrase is used in section 101 of the Constitution Act, 1867.

Not sure why you think this is an accurate description of the student body at existing Canadian law schools.

«The intention should be to convert the existing body of EU law into UK law with as few changes as possible.

1.1 To provide legal certainty over our exit from the EU, we will introduce the Great Repeal Bill to remove the European Communities Act 1972 from the statute book and convert the «acquis» — the body of existing EU law — into domestic law.

In addition to laws passed by legislatures, there exists a body of principles derived from court decisions and other judicial sources called the «common law.»

The last category, implicit law, recognizes that statutes do not exist as an isolated body of law.

On existing human rights case law if the government did proceed with its plans, Neil Parpworth, De Montfort University, says: «I would have thought it likely that if the new Bill of Rights sought to protect essentially the same rights as those protected under ECHR (and therefore HRA 1998), the body of human rights jurisprudence which has arisen under the Act will have an ongoing relevance and importance.

An amendment of this nature would potentially create a new venue for international Internet law — one that operates very differently from existing venues such as the OECD, ICANN (and its Canadian counterpart, CIRA), the Council of Europe, the Internet Governance Forum and the various standards - making bodies such as the Internet Engineering Task Force and the World Wide Web Consortium.

These arguments all rely on the implausible suggestion that the «law of war» straddles the divide between international and domestic law, and that there exists a little - known domestic body of law called the American common law of war.

In the United Kingdom and the United States, where similar (but not identical) doctrines of legal professional privilege exist, and in civil law jurisdictions that do not recognise the concept of privilege but rely heavily on the doctrine of professional secrecy, significant pressure points arise as a company seeks to keep material privileged and confidential while also satisfying the appetite of public bodies (regulators, prosecutors and legislators) and customer or investor groups for unguarded candour.

The fact that the document is created electronically as opposed to as a hard copy can make no difference... if a party or a party's agent sending an e-mail types his or her or his or her principal's name to the extent required or permitted by existing case law in the body of an e-mail, then in my view that would be a sufficient signature.»

Thereafter, in either of the above cases, whenever the governor transmits to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house his written declaration that no inability exists such vacancy shall be deemed to have terminated four days thereafter and the governor shall resume the powers and duties of his office unless the chief justice and a majority of the associate justices of the supreme judicial court, or such other body as the general court may by law provide, transmit within said four days to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house their written declaration that the governor is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.

- The general court shall have the power to act in relation to cities and towns, but only by general laws which apply alike to all cities or to all towns, or to all cities and towns, or to a class of not fewer than two, and by special laws enacted (1) on petition filed or approved by the voters of a city or town, or the mayor and city council, or other legislative body, of a city, or the town meeting of a town, with respect to a law relating to that city or town; (2) by a two - thirds vote of each branch of the general court following a recommendation by the governor; (3) to erect and constitute metropolitan or regional entities, embracing any two or more cities or towns or cities and towns, or established with other than existing city or town boundaries, for any general or special public purpose or purposes, and to grant to these entities such powers, privileges and immunities as the general court shall deem necessary or expedient for the regulation and government thereof; or (4) solely for the incorporation or dissolution of cities or towns as corporate entities, alteration of city or town boundaries, and merger or consolidation of cities and towns, or any of these matters.

However, that hurdle appears to be dissipating, with President Vladimir Putin recently mandating that Russia's legislative body modify existing laws to clarify the status of blockchain and cryptocurrencies.

However, there is a developing body of law some people call «family responsibility discrimination law» or «caregiver discrimination law» which combines elements of various existing laws, state and federal, to help people in your category: parent of sick child.

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In the case, Justice Wilcox accepted that a single Noongar society existed in 1829 and that it continued through to today as a body united by its observance of some of its traditional laws and customs.

Justice Wilcox accepted the applicant's case that a single Noongar society existed in 1829 and that it continues to the present day as a body united by its observance of traditional laws and customs.

In this context «society» is to be understood as a body of persons united in and by its acknowledgement and observance of a body of laws and customs... To speak of rights and interests possessed under an identified body of laws and customs is, therefore, to speak of rights and interests that are the creatures of the laws and customs of a particular society that exists as a group which acknowledges and observes those laws and customs.8

In these proceedings a growing body of international law concerning indigenous peoples exists that confirms the rules that are already now emerging in Australian domestic law.

And if the society out of which the body of laws and customs arises ceases to exist as a group which acknowledges and observes those laws and customs, those laws and customs cease to have continued existence and vitality.

Were that not so, the laws and customs acknowledged and observed now could not properly be described as the traditional laws and customs of the peoples concerned... [I] t must be shown that the society, under whose laws and customs the native title rights and interests are said to be possessed, has continued to exist throughout that period as a body united by its acknowledgment and observance of the laws and customs», ibid., at [83], [87] & [89].