Sentence examples for a lawmaking from inspiring English sources
Legislative investigative powers, powers of a lawmaking body to conduct investigations.
A convention is a multilateral instrument of a lawmaking, codifying, or regulatory nature.
In 1524 Charles V created the Council of the Indies (Consejo de Indias) as a lawmaking body for the colonies.
(Not a lawmaking body, members meet to discuss cultural and education issues and serve as a liaison to the Finnish government).
Last year, Mr. Preval appointed a new prime minister, but only after Parliament was dissolved, and the nation has been without a lawmaking body since then.
From Yusuf's perspective, losers of elections tended to see their organizations banned or dissolved, whereas winners joined a lawmaking body that also tended to be banned or dissolved.
So it was to be expected that as the richer, closer-to-New York, somewhat more cosmopolitan Nassau County experienced bitter squabbles among lawmakers, an insurance scandal that cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars, and severe budget shortfalls, Suffolk rested on its laurels, which included a genial lawmaking process, a solid budget, and few governmental scandals.
Refusing to appear on the State House floor, Democrats prevented the start of a scheduled lawmaking session for a second day in a row on Thursday, as pressure over "right to work" legislation mounted in Indianapolis.
The weak upper house, elected last year with a voter turnout of barely 10%, functions as a temporary lawmaking body.
CHICAGO — On what was to be the first day of a new lawmaking session in Indiana, most Democratic state representatives stayed away from the House floor on Wednesday, preventing the Republican majority, which has made "right to work" legislation a top priority, from doing business.
The more specific principle of democracy states that "only those laws may claim legitimacy that can meet with the agreement of all citizens in a discursive lawmaking procedure that is itself legally constituted" (Habermas 1996, 110).
