Prior to the Taika era, Japan had been a patchwork of clans, and the imperial court had been dominated for 50 years by the Soga family, which worked its will by intrigue, manipulation, and murder.
Dollar danger Try the Khmers Rouges Iran comes clean Reprints Related items Direct hitJan 7th 1999In America, data protection has largely been left to individual states, which have a patchwork of legal provision, and to the courts, where citizens often have to go when they feel their privacy has been violated.
Courting such a patchwork of ethnic subsets necessitates entirely new strategies for campaigning.
On a given day, roughly 34,000 immigrants are held in a patchwork of local jails and prisons, awaiting court hearings that determine whether they have the legal right to remain in the United States or will be deported.
Since 2005, the Tennessee Legislature has passed 46 bills that increased or added new fees, or allowed local governments to do so, creating a patchwork of fees at different levels of the courts that is difficult to untangle.
A patchwork of state and local laws, along with court and agency decisions, provides some protections.
Queen Elizabeth, though known for her frugality, has yet to be seen in a patchwork of recycled scarves brought together in one court dress.
They acknowledge that access to information is important for fighting crime and terrorism, but say they are dealing with a patchwork of confusing standards that have been interpreted inconsistently by the courts, creating uncertainty.
Our court case was made up from a patchwork of legal precedents, and accepting Lord Justice Richards' verdict would allow the police to add our experiences to their arsenal.
Yet very few migrants facing deportation are entitled to court-appointed attorneys, and most rely on a patchwork of non-profit groups and pro bono lawyers, some funded by the government.
