As I said previously, I will speak from a generic viewpoint, we must keep in mind that the «legislative framework» for election is a composite of four key authorities, namely and in order
of hierarchical authority: The Constitution, the Electoral Act, judgments of courts of records particularly the Supreme Court; and the derivative guidelines for election approved by the election management body and l'm talking of INEC.
Not exact matches
Communism westernized the Russian political imagination in a perverse way, to be sure, but its triumph put a complete end to older, more traditional ways
of understanding society as a
hierarchical system underwritten by a sacred
authority.
Notions
of «power over» dynamics,
hierarchical thinking, authoritarianism, success meaning «winning» over someone else who is a «loser», more money and more power and more
authority is more successful... everything that causes so much trouble in a capitalist, patriarchal mindset.
This failure, he suggests, then paved the way for a modern,
hierarchical reconfiguration
of ecclesial
authority, in which Church
authorities took a more decisive role in the determination
of doctrine.
The
hierarchical lines
of authority are very clear.
Another test for the church is how far it can build an accepting fellowship where people can articulate their own experience
of God in Christ This again raises questions about the future organization
of the institutional church and whether it can or should maintain its present
hierarchical structure where
authority seems to come down from on high.
On the other side, Gladys Hunt, in her discussion
of Ephesians 5 which is meant to support a
hierarchical understanding
of family
authority, conveniently ignores Paul's advice to the husband.
It should go without saying that these crimes are an utter perversion
of Catholicism - but unfortunately it has to be said, because the
hierarchical structures
of the Church made it easy to conceal them, and religious arrogance and paranoia persuaded the
authorities that they should be concealed.»
Canons 752 and 753
of the 1983 Code
of Canon Law use the expression «religious obedience
of the intellect and will,» which has become the specific way
of describing adherence to non-infallible statements
of the
hierarchical teaching
authority.
of the will and intellect» to designate obedience toward the
hierarchical teaching
authority creates problems, its exclusive application in Lumen gentium 25 to non-infallible teaching
authority is still not clear.
One indication
of this is the emphasis in recent Church documents on obedience to the
hierarchical teaching
authority and on the relationship between
hierarchical superiority and subordination.
In his view (i) the concept
of autonomous hierarchy involves collections
of elements which are responsible for producing their own rules as contrasted with collections which are designed by an external
authority to have
hierarchical behavior.
They offer a powerful diagnosis
of the «tyrannies» and «addictions» many have experienced in Christian communities where a vengeful and capricious God Is preached, and where that preaching is reinforced by powerful personalities or conceptions
of biblical, theological or
hierarchical authority.
Besides the cancer
of opposition to
hierarchical authority, another disease that needs to be cured is the ambivalence about priesthood.
When the church is consumed and possessed by mortgages, capital campaigns, membership numbers, qualifications for membership or deacon or elder, the variety and format
of financial reports, redecorating, ordination policies, the proper delineation
of committee responsibilities, the aggregation and strengthening and protection
of church
hierarchical authority, the preference for political associations and prominence instead
of being a voice and influence for justice and compassion, seasonal vestment colors, the abandonment and refusal to acknowledge congregations who dare to be excited by their proclaiming and provoking and living and sharing the Good News, the continual choosing and preoccupation with better organization over better outreach, or what styles
of worship are to be offered — then it is time for an earth - shaking, stone - rolling, curtain ripping, hurricane - strength, fiery and noisy transformational revolution that will resurrect the Good News in the body and spirit
of communities and individuals.
I do however still reject any ruling
authority of a
hierarchical clergy.
From the time when the Columbine school shooting rocketed through the news, to now when cry - it - out sleep training is being openly debated rather than just merely accepted as the norm — reflecting the huge change we, as a culture, are having on the idea
of relationship — there was 1 or 2 generations
of individuals who were transitioning from the «old» way
of relating —
hierarchical and fear - based
authority — to this «new» way: collaborative, emotionally literate, and focused on problem - solving.
Transforming
Authority and Influence The traditional
hierarchical structure
of schools is a holdover from the industrial age, when teachers were treated like interchangeable parts in a machine.
In the English case
of Multi-Academy Trusts and in the Dutch case
of networked regional school
authorities organized by the Ministry
of Education, Culture, and Science, inspections have remained resolutely focused upon the single school with a
hierarchical inspectorate system fully intact.
Fitzpatrick brings play and nuance to the motifs
of authority and prestige creating works (and worlds) that question positional and
hierarchical constructs by remaking and resurfacing narrative objects, his work places the viewer in an ever - shifting position between subordination and empowerment.
Perlman further contends that the
hierarchical nature
of law practice reinforces conformity, since those with low social status are more likely to comply with a directive from a higher
authority.
«The Holy Assembly
of Bishops, as the highest
hierarchical body, is legislative
authority in the matters
of faith, officiation, church order (discipline) and internal organization
of the Church, as well as the highest church juridical
authority within its jurisdiction (Article 69 sec. 28).»
[Footnote 1] We granted certiorari to determine whether the actions
of the Illinois Supreme Court constituted improper judicial interference with decisions
of the highest
authorities of a
hierarchical church in violation
of the First and Fourteenth Amendments.
We believe a
hierarchical depiction
of the network helps uncover latent distribution
of authority present in the law professor network.
Many business leaders like to feel the security
of authority, either
hierarchical or crafted from experience, and the majority
of their daily interactions reinforce that preference.
(116) The foundation
of international law in the nation state whose social organisations are characterised by exclusive territory and centralised and
hierarchical authority, meant that Indigenous people, organised through tribal or kinship ties, decentralised political structures and overlapping territorial spheres, would never benefit from the international law
of nations.
[jounal] Williamson, D. S. / 1981 / Personal
authority via termination
of the intergenerational
hierarchical boundary: A new stage in the family life cycle / Journal
of Marital and family Therapy 7: 441 ~ 452