Sentence examples for aim of the statute from inspiring English sources

The aim of the statute — which allows suits for "any civil action by an alien for a tort only, committed in violation of the law of nations or a treaty of the United States" — was to help enhance this role.

This principle of statutory superiority was extended in Laker Airways Ltd v Department of Trade, where it was confirmed that prerogative powers could not be used to contradict a statutory provision, and that in situations to which the power and the statute both applied, the power could only be used to further the aim of the statute.

The precise aims of the Statute (that the law of property be made more open) was reversed by its impact, which made it far easier to convey property secretly.

For instance, the regulation must not exceed the delegated powers; its provisions must conform with the aims of the parent statute; prior consultation with interests likely to be affected should take place whenever practicable; and the regulations must not contravene relevant constitutional rules and legal standards.

The aims of the resulting statute are debated; Ronan Deazley suggests that the intent was to balance the rights of the author, publisher and public in such a way as to ensure the maximum dissemination of works, while other academics argue that the bill was intended to protect the Company's monopoly or, conversely, to weaken it.

The Court noted that the Government could not demonstrate how denying prisoners the vote helped the stated aims of the relevant statute; a democracy built on inclusiveness, democracy and citizen participation cannot be party to a law that disenfranchises a considerable part of the population.

Details of the new independent regulator will be published by the government next week with the aim of the new system reaching the statute book by the summer recess.

The language of the statute will not be perfectly clear.

"My approach would say if you take the heart out of the statute," he said, "the statute's gone".

The impact of the Statute on authors was also minimal.

Read Article 38 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice.