Sentences with phrase «relying upon the law»

But the Church and the Christian conscience can not rely upon law alone.

Women have come to rely upon the law to keep their men from straying, or to get rid of him if they choose to leave.

They controlled access to legal sources — unlike today, the public could not readily access legal sources and relied upon law firms to do so — as well as legal expertise.

All I can say is based upon past experience, I don't think investors can rely upon law enforcement in this country acting any time soon and so we're going to have to do whatever we can in civil proceedings to come to some kind of remedy.»

Not exact matches

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Posner is distressed that so much of contemporary legal scholarship elaborates or relies upon diverse moral theories that attempt, in highly abstract terms, to make normative claims about law.

Some use religious terminology to describe personal experience and belief but do not believe in any of it literally and reject all traditional notions of deity, relying upon cohesive natural law as «god.»

George and Bradley's strongest argument for their position on sexual morality relies upon tradition, including common law tradition.

if we mean to have those appointed to public offices, who are sincere friends to religion, we, the people who appoint them, must take care to choose such characters; and not rely upon such cobweb barriers as test - laws are» (IV: 640)

To a modernist, who by definition relies only upon human authority, natural law in the Thomistic sense is no longer supportable because it would have to rest upon the unacceptable premise that nature was supernaturally created.

As he put it, «The law gives to capital an immense advantage in permitting its consolidation in great centralized corporations; and neither law nor justice can forbid laborers to combine, in order to protect themselves against the encroachments of capital, so long as they abstain from, that use of violence and rely upon reason and moral influence.»

«That kind of love is the fulfillment of God's law, and according to Paul, it can be relied upon in any situation.»

The apostle insists that if one is in the law system — that is, if one is relying upon obedience to God's commands for one's salvation — one's obedience must be complete.

Minor premise: The science which is and should be taught our children «must be explanatory [and] rely exclusively upon the workings of natural law» (ACLU's witness Michael Ruse, a Canadian philosopher of science, as quoted in Civil Liberties, February 1982).

The latter in turn rely upon physical laws which themselves are orderings of quantum occurrences.

Courts of law often rely upon such definitions in settling cases.

From the legal perspective, the Hearings Officer also has concerns that having the State rely upon a private organization to archive data could run afoul of the State's public records laws...

Democracy, populism, or any system that relies upon the direct will of the people in deciding the laws and leaders of the land also lends itself to despotism.

The «enemy combatant» doctrine is part of the law of war and relies upon the notion that during a war you can use all necessary force against enemy soldiers and spies.

It does seem that the core of your argument relies upon the conclusion that popular rule trumps democratic principles, an idea that is historically and fundamentally in opposition to every principle of Britishness and the rule of law.

This venerable law — which applies to New York City — is the single most important transparency tool New Yorkers have, and is relied upon by journalists, advocates, and the public to keep track of what the state and New York City governments are doing.

Specially - trained police animals, particularly dogs and horses, are often put in harm's way when they are relied upon by law enforcement to keep New Yorkers safe.

Typically a colony was ruled by a governor appointed from London who controlled the executive administration and relied upon a locally elected legislature to vote taxes and make laws.

Liberal Democrat work and pensions spokesman David Laws added: «People have been relying upon the CSA to act on their behalf to collect this money.

«The community corrections system relies upon the efforts of dedicated individuals who enforce the law while helping offenders... Read more

We rely upon our full - time staff of attorneys, forensic accountants, research analysts, field investigators and computer forensics experts to staff these assignments, and we work collaboratively with our business clients to develop an investigative plan that is appropriate to the suspected misconduct... Since most of our investigative professionals have had experience in federal, state and local law enforcement — as prosecutors, auditors and agents — our investigative strategies are developed with an understanding of the evidence that may be needed to support an eventual criminal prosecution.»

BUSK hears from some schools that say they are complying with minimum seat belt laws, however, they appear to rely upon this over and above the duty of care they have to ensure that the belts they use will adequately protect children and not injure them.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A state board voted Wednesday to allow 13 school districts in Arkansas to continue using teachers, administrators and other staff as armed guards, despite a warning from the state's top attorney that the licensing law they relied upon was intended for private businesses.

Without access to federal loan funding, many graduating law students may be forced to rely upon credit cards or other higher - cost alternatives to cover bar exam expenses.

As such, it relies upon the «publisher's exclusion» as provided under Section 202 (a)(11) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and corresponding state securities laws.

Even more strange, Oklahoma courts rely upon contract law to handle lost and found property.

Interestingly, Tulsa does not appear to have a specific Ordinance for such violations, but instead appears to rely upon our State law for such.

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The wwwistrative Law Judge concludes that Peabody failed to demonstrate that the relied upon process is neither peer - reviewed nor transparent.»

In summary, a strong case can be made that the US emissions reduction commitment for 2025 of 26 % to 28 % clearly fails to pass minimum ethical scrutiny when one considers: (a) the 2007 IPCC report on which the US likely relied upon to establish a 80 % reduction target by 2050 also called for 25 % to 40 % reduction by developed countries by 2020, and (b) although reasonable people may disagree with what «equity» means under the UNFCCC, the US commitments can't be reconciled with any reasonable interpretation of what «equity» requires, (c) the United States has expressly acknowledged that its commitments are based upon what can be achieved under existing US law not on what is required of it as a mater of justice, (d) it is clear that more ambitious US commitments have been blocked by arguments that alleged unacceptable costs to the US economy, arguments which have ignored US responsibilities to those most vulnerable to climate change, and (e) it is virtually certain that the US commitments can not be construed to be a fair allocation of the remaining carbon budget that is available for the entire world to limit warming to 2 °C.

Not once did I see a proof of the Second Law that did not rely upon circular logic.

After all, methodologically, it isn't too far from economics in the way it progresses: contestable data and modelling methods relying upon «laws» — whether they be Savage's axioms of rationality or the laws of radiation — which whilst credible in isolation are rendered unintelligible by complexity.

EEI rejected a publicity campaign and relied upon their expertise, which was lobbying, to raise public concern about a proposed «carbon tax,» or cap - and - trade law.

The Administrative Law Judge concludes that Peabody failed to demonstrate that the relied upon process is neither peer - reviewed nor transparent.»

We respectfully request that the General Assembly not alter the current carefully developed law and policy structure upon which industry has relied for purposes of investment decisions and which has made North Carolina particularly attractive to our businesses.

All of this implies that the early Law Dome results of Etheridge are uncharacteristic of CO2 behavior over long times in ice cores, and should not be relied upon to indicate long term accuracy.

It's just establishing its own group, rather than relying 100 % on the UN group to base their national policies and laws upon.

And all of us depend on those laws to prevent threats to the sustainability of ecosystems upon which we rely.

129 Furthermore, the fact that, in the context of applying European Union environmental legislation, certain matters contributing to the pollution of the air, sea or land territory of the Member States originate in an event which occurs partly outside that territory is not such as to call into question, in the light of the principles of customary international law capable of being relied upon in the main proceedings, the full applicability of European Union law in that territory (see to this effect, with regard to the application of competition law, Ahlström Osakeyhtiö and Others v Commission, paragraphs 15 to 18, and, with regard to hydrocarbons accidentally spilled beyond a Member State's territorial sea, Case C ‑ 188 / 07 Commune de Mesquer [2008] ECR I ‑ 4501, paragraphs 60 to 62).

The future judgement in Joined Cases C -204-208 / 12 Essent Belgium N.V. v. Vlaamse Reguleringsinstantie voor de Elektriciteits - en Gasmarkt could very well be one of those landmark cases in which the CJEU clarifies one of the fundamental doctrinal issues in internal market law: can Member States rely upon the rule of reason to justify distinctly applicable measures?

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As a result of dealing with record companies, promoters, and club owners in Canada and abroad, Palumbo came to appreciate the significant power imbalance that can exist between artists and those they often rely upon to give public expression to their works, so she applied to law school.

James has an extensive network of relationships with lawyers in Global 100 law firms for whom he's trusted and frequently relied upon to deliver finance solutions for their clients, in what are often complex and sizeable litigation or arbitration disputes.

The rankings are relied upon by corporates when selecting their legal advisers and by law firms and individual lawyers to support their business marketing activities.

Adrian Powell, Partner, Proelium Law: Powell finds the ABS structure beneficial because it allows him to rely upon different kinds of work, not just legal work, to earn a living, and it also allows him to work in a way that makes him happy.