Sentence examples for arbitrary abuses of power from inspiring English sources

Labor unions served a very important function when the industrial revolution was kicking into high gear to protect employees from arbitrary abuses of power and exploitation and they helped create many important legal protections.

Once again it has come to the rescue of press freedom in the face of arbitrary abuse of power by the state".

Particularly alarming is the way the regime of President Hugo Chávez threw a judge in jail for making a decision it didn't like, and the chilling effect such arbitrary abuse of power has on the rest of the judiciary.

Second, establishment of the "rule of law" that will prevent the arbitrary abuse of power and stem corruption.

For one, the long plebeian struggle against arbitrary abuse of magisterial power continued.

Associate Justice William H. Rehnquist's majority opinions in the two cases said that the Constitution's requirement of due process was designed to prevent intentional or arbitrary abuse of governmental power, not to turn every careless act by a state official into a Federal case.

As a result, there was no real challenge to the arbitrary misuse of power.

"The presumption of innocence is a fundamental right and above all it is an essential principle if we are to prevent arbitrary judgments and abuses of power in criminal proceedings.

"Resisting abuses of power".

Sexual abuse and harassment, Macleish said, are abuses of power.

Ms. Ellis's work focuses on uncovering abuses of power, particularly elder abuse.