"The law is pretty uncertain here". Absent a Congressional directive, he said, it is reasonable for magistrates to require prosecutors to meet the probable-cause standard.
However, it is important to note that 31% would still choose the more aggressive course even in the presence of an advance directive instructing a contrary course.
Attaining a diverse student body is at the heart of the Law School's proper institutional mission, and its "good faith" is "presumed" absent "a showing to the contrary".
Roughly stated, this principle counsels that, absent a reason to the contrary, we give equal priors to competing hypotheses.
Absent a contract to the contrary, in the great bulk of U.S. jurisdictions the employment relation is governed by the at-will doctrine.
Absent contrary legislation, a private employer can regulate the workplace any way he wants without worrying about the First Amendment.
(1) Do Articles 5 and 189 EEC preclude Member States from adopting a provision contrary to a Directive, before the period for transposing it has expired?
It was logical to infer, absent an explanation to the contrary, that the defendant was lying on one occasion or the other.
Absent an agreement to the contrary, any partner can bind the entire partnership to a contract or other agreement.
First, we observed, "it has been recognized in international law that, absent a clear and express statement to the contrary, the procedural rules of the forum State govern the implementation of the treaty in that State". Ibid.
Elsewhere, a contrary trend is at work.
