But authoritative instructions; mandates issued, which the member is bound blindly and implicitly to obey, to vote, and to argue for, though contrary to the clearest conviction of his judgment and conscience,--these are things utterly unknown to the laws of this land, and which arise from a fundamental mistake of the whole order and tenor of our constitution.
All of this must make it sound as if I feel hopeless, but I'm actually optimistic, because there's something new this time: in the process of passing this year's budget, the U.S. Congress has mandated an authoritative review of the scientific basis for the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
The new rules include stricter residency requirements for non-citizens, requiring team managers to have more detailed paperwork documenting their players' eligibility and mandating that more authoritative birth records be presented as proof of age.
The new rules include stricter residency requirements for noncitizens, require team managers to have more detailed paperwork documenting their players' eligibility and mandate that more authoritative birth records be presented as proof of age.
The RSC, a founding member of the Council of Canadian Academies (CCA) (discussed below), launched an expert panel initiative in the early 2000s, with a mandate to carry out independent, authoritative, evidence-based expert panel assessments to inform public policy development.
US version The most authoritative of half a dozen investigations initiated in Washington is the accountability review board report, mandated by law.
Authoritative! Hidebound!
In December 1921 the British, who had accepted a mandate for Palestine after World War I (1914 18), named Ḥusaynī grand mufti of Jerusalem and president of the newly created Supreme Muslim Council the most authoritative religious body in the Palestinian Muslim community.
Governments are perhaps the most familiar example of an authoritative social actor, as, by most accounts, they generally possess a monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force to compel obedience to their mandates in a given geographic area.
