Sentences with phrase «less draconian»

[98] The Commission submits that given the choice, the High Court must prefer interpretations of the relevant Western Australian statutes and regulations which are consistent with the guarantee of equality and the rights of minorities, and hence a less draconian approach to the recognition and protection of native title in land subject to pastoral leases.

[97] It falls for the High Court to consider whether the particular outcomes of the principles applied by the majority in the Full Court «weigh in favour of a somewhat less draconian limitation on the ability of the common law to recognise and protect native title rights and interests».

The Texas Senate has yet to debate its somewhat less draconian budget draft, but whatever the differences between the chambers that remain to be hashed out before final passage, it is clear that thousands of low - income and uninsured women will have little or no access to health care for at least the next two years.

(50) It falls for the High Court to consider whether the particular outcomes of the principles applied by the majority in the Full Court «weigh in favour of a somewhat less draconian limitation on the ability of the common law to recognise and protect native title rights and interests».

«I think the headlines were less draconian than many people were worried about, but that's really been the case every time there's been a regulatory event,» Lee told CNBC.

differentiates Canada from other jurisdictions, which tend to have centralized laws on the issue and which often have less draconian rules on disclosure.

On appeal, though the plaintiff's pleadings were «woefully inadequate,» the facts favoured a «less draconian» order with the plaintiff having opportunity to amend the personal claim, given a defence plea that the personal defendant practised under the firm name.

Solo players will also appreciate the savvier AI, less draconian penalty system, and overdue inclusion of mid-race game saves.

and are there other loan options (home equity line, etc) with less draconian consequences.

The policy is also less draconian than it may sound.

The interest rates are much lower, and the repayment plans are less Draconian.

A less draconian measure to reduce the exposure of a visiting VIP to potential assailants is to isolate those thought to be unfriendly to the visitor.

Many cosmetics companies swore off the Draize Test as a result in intervening years, though other similar albeit less draconian forms of animal tests remain prevalent throughout the cosmetics and personal care products industry.

A higher minimum wage and less draconian drug crime punishments are some of the results of the new political realities for Bruno.

They say it will be less draconian than having Malloy maintain essential state services using his limited executive authority, which appears to be the direction the state is headed.

It's a bit more work, but less draconian than the cry it out method.

This week, JP Morgan upped its bid from $ 2 a share to $ 10 a share, meaning that the punishment meted out to Bear stockholders for the firm's reckless behavior is much less draconian.

Not exact matches

«They have had enough of being forced to do more for less, on top of a draconian diet of cuts and having their concerns ignored by their employers.»

This doesn't just harm the families caught in the chaos of President Trump's draconian policies — it's diametrically opposed to our values, and makes us less safe.

Some of them are reasonably small, less than $ 100 per segment, like Asiana and LOT, while others are quite draconian and can reach $ 400 - 500, like Lufthansa.

My guess is that since Canada is a tiny market compared to the US, game advertisers were content to let their commercials just bleed occasionally over the border from FOX affiliates located close to the dividing line (which happened less often than you might think, as Canada's broadcasting standards are infamously draconian.

instead, humanity faces the completely outlandish and draconian attempt by uncompromising zealots to return civilization to the stone age in order to appease a co2 totem that will tolerate nothing less than total carbon abstinence.

(Aggressive policies aimed at coercing an even faster decrease in energy intensiveness may be imposed, in which case the standard of living will be less than it otherwise would be, but unless these policies are truly draconian the contours and structure of the economy will not be greatly changed.)

What it does for me is to make me support even less any calls for urgent and draconian action on global warming.

«It is undeniably true that global temperature increases have been far, far less than doomsday computer models predicted — about three times smaller, and there are good reasons to suspect the increases from further human CO2 emissions would be smaller still, without imposing draconian regulations.

By compromising, and reducing a somewhat draconian sentence (possibly less effective for general deterrence), or increasing the sentence (possibly less effective for rehabilitation), the sentence may risk frustrating either goal.

But it should not have a more draconian and less sophisticated law.