Sentences with phrase «position under domestic law»

The Appellant claimed that the position under domestic law was discriminatory and in breach of EU law (Directive 79/7 on Equal Treatment in Social Security).

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While he has been Attorney - General, however, the single most noted legal position represented by Mr. Mukasey in his public appearances and statements is his consistent refusal to acknowledge the illegality — under international and domestic law — of waterboarding and other extreme forms of interrogation practiced in the past by the current Administration.

Although the government once held the position that conspiracy is an offense under the international law of war, the government eventually switched legal theories and argued that conspiracy is a domestic law offense triable before a military commission.