Sentences with phrase «original point of the law»

According to Stephen Scott, a constitutional law professor at McGill University, the original point of the law was to ensure courts in colonial America had the same traditional powers as those in England.

Not exact matches

It is scarcely questionable, however, that this symbol originally pointed to the final consummation of a dynamic process of the transcendent's becoming immanent: of a distant, a majestic, and a sovereign Lord breaking into time and space in such a way as to transfigure and renew all things whatsoever, thereby abolishing the old cosmos of the original creation, and likewise bringing to an end all that law and religion which had thus far been established in history.

But whether one affirms or questions the appropriateness of separation as a metaphor; whether one looks to the original intent of our constitutional authors and their allies or views the law as an evolving entity; whether one points to establishment or free exercise as the key to American religious liberty, Hamburger's Separation of Church and State is a book destined to ensure that the argument continues.

DreamWorks Animation's toon film Home and The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, produced by Nickelodeon Movies and Paramount Animation, are outside players, while the unrelated Brazilian movie The Boy and the World, The Boy and the Beast from Mamoru Hosoda and Studio Chizu, The Laws of the Universe Part 0 (based on the teachings of a new Japanese religion called Happy Science), the Finnish film Moomins on the Riviera and Regular Show: The Movie, an animated film based on the Cartoon Network original series — are unknown quantities at this point.

Another original sponsor of the law, Senator Scott Beason, stepped in at this point and was able to work with Rep. Hammon, law enforcement, and others and come to an agreement that made the necessary changes to strengthen the original law without weakening its effect.

Most, on both sides of the argument, agree that at this point in time, for the ERA to be passed into law it would require re-ratification by the states, as the original 7 - year period has long expired.

If a loans meets the following tests, it is covered under the law: 1) For a first - lien loan otherwise referred to as the original mortgage on the property - the Annual Percentage Rate (APR) exceeds by more than 8 percentage points compared against the rates on Treasury securities of comparable maturity; 2) For a second - lien loan otherwise referred to as a 2nd mortgage - the APR (Annual Percentage Rate) exceeds by more than 10 percentage points compared to the rates in Treasury securities of comparable maturity; or the total points and fees payable by the borrower at or before closing exceed the larger of $ 561 or 8 % of the total loan amount.

My original statement did not talk about validity, my point in that statement was until the presumably valid patent is upheld by a court of law either through a challange defense or successful infringement litigation, the patent really is not worth the paper it is written on.

I recall reading a discussion a few years ago when some applied scientist was arguing this point and saying that word wasn't in the original statements of the law, he quoted from old physics text books he had learned from as well as current ones in use in his industry.

The dissent pointed out that based on the limited number of musical notes, there is a limited number of original combination that are capable of protection under copyright law.

Section 204 stated, with emphasis added, that an applicant «may appeal to the county court on any point of law arising from the decision or... the original decision».