Sentences with phrase «uncodified law»

The situation was as partisan as the recent US shutdown has been and Kerr was between a rock and hard place of uncodified law («conventions») of which the main criticism against Kerr was the lack of honest prior warning given to Whitlam.

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A codified constitution is a single document; states that do not have such a document have uncodified, but not entirely unwritten, constitutions, since much of an uncodified constitution is usually written in laws such as the Basic Laws of Israel and the Parliament Acts of the United Kinglaws such as the Basic Laws of Israel and the Parliament Acts of the United KingLaws of Israel and the Parliament Acts of the United Kingdom.
U.S. federal law consists of: 52 Titles of the United States Code (some of which have more than one volume) and a smattering of uncodified statutes...
Secondly, by injecting the uncodified principles of the common law into the division of family property, the certainty created by the Family Law Act — such as it is — is substantially underminlaw into the division of family property, the certainty created by the Family Law Act — such as it is — is substantially underminLaw Act — such as it is — is substantially undermined.
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