Sentences with phrase «precedent is clear on»

In so holding the Court stated that Alberta precedent is clear on the fact that lack of financial motivation does not, alone, mean that trafficking is not «commercial» where it is clear from the sheer quantity of drugs that its ultimate purpose is to be distributed for sale (at para 15, citing R v Marshall, 2012 ABCA 160 (CanLII) at paras 8 - 9).

Therefore, the precedent is clear on this question.

Not exact matches

But the developments on Monday make it clear that, as this and the other threads surrounding the multiple investigations into Trump and his associates continues, the boundaries of legal precedent are being tested in ways unlike any other point in modern history.

«A ruling by a single judge in one circuit can not and does not undo the years of clear legal precedent nationwide establishing that transgender students have the right to go to school without being singled out for discrimination,» said a statement from five groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), that have filed «friend of the court» briefs on behalf of transgender students.

I agree there is no clear biblical position on gun ownership, however, there is precedent to respect human life on every page.

Competition policy (SME focus; need for equity; treat SMEs as «consumers» when dealing with larger businesses - extend unfair terms contracts to small business; need «legal precedents or statutory definitions» as part of unconscionable conduct framework); competition laws (focus on unfair terms and unconscionable behaviour; mention of MMP but not in context of s 46; access - call for broader access; price signalling (not clear)-RRB-; administration

From a later but still pre-Enlightenment era, the English common law notion of precedent, developed by such as Edward Coke (1552 — 1634), is a clear influence on self - conscious conservatism (Pocock 1989) http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/conservatism/ One could add Taoism (Lao Tzu) to the list above for similar reasons.

My view on this issue, as an unbiased observer - I've no idea whether Spelman has done anything wrong or not, but I think the editor is right to say she should not have to resign to clear her name as that would set a dangerous precedent.

The forex market doesn't have any clear rules or precedent on how it will behave and this creates a good opportunity for those who are skilled in analyzing the market to score a profit.

The description is apt, given that he often grafts a specifically urban vernacular onto a unique brand of formalism, not only to summon such art - historical precedents as Mark di Suvero's and Anthony Caro's metallic structures but also to make clear turns on the project of Minimalism — on Donald Judd and Dan Flavin in particular.

Even a very incomplete list gives an impression of the large number of significant opinions he has written: seminal administrative law cases such as Chevron v. NRDC and Massachusetts v. EPA, the intellectual property case Sony Corp v. Universal City Studios (which made clear that making individual videotapes of television programs did not constitute copyright infringement), important war on terror precedents such as Rasul v. Bush and Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, important criminal law cases such as Padilla v. Kentucky (holding that defense counsel must inform the defendant if a guilty plea carries a risk of deportation) and Atkins v. Virginia (which reversed precedent to hold it was unconstitutional to impose capital punishment on the mentally retarded), and of course Apprendi v. New Jersey (which revolutionized criminal sentencing by holding that the Sixth Amendment right to jury trial prohibited judges from enhancing criminal sentences beyond statutory maximums based on facts other than those decided by a jury beyond a reasonable doubt).

Devices later found faulty or even recalled aren't automatically removed from the list, Carome said, so new products could be cleared based on tainted precedents.