Sentences with phrase «prevent foreign powers»

This provision was to prevent foreign powers from bribing government officials with gifts or emoluments.

The Jones Act, a rather complex piece of legislation designed to control the island, prevent foreign powers from gaining a foothold, and keep Puerto Ricans under firm control by limiting their ability to trade independently.

Not exact matches

Incident to these powers, and for preventing controversies between foreign powers or citizens from rising to extremities and to an appeal to the sword, a national tribunal was necessary amicably to decide them, and thus ward off such fatal public calamity.

The law as it currently stands has weak annual reporting requirements from government agencies, does not provide much protection to Canadians from abusive treatment by foreign states, does not give the Privacy Commissioner order - making power, does not provide redress in cases involving harm, does not prevent over-collection of personal information, does not protect against surveillance where the data is not recorded, and does not feature security breach disclosure requirements.