At the international level the provision of authoritative information about climate change science is the province of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, generally known by its acronym, the IPCC whereas research on climate itself is the province of the World Climate Research Program, WCRP [43].
They describe their goal as the provision of " appropriate", " authoritative", " credible" and " timely" health information for the general public.
With the publication of the previous edition of the WHO Classification of Tumours of Haematopoietic and Lymphoid Tissues, the provision of an authoritative, concise reference book provided an international standard for haematologists and histopathologists.
National courts can refer to general comments to clarify legislative provisions and for an authoritative interpretation of rights.
The California law in question consists of an authoritative state-court interpretation of two provisions of the California Civil Code.
Thus, the Dolly technique only appears to be covered insofar as its use involves "research with the aim of cloning human beings" (Also, s.1 of the Constitution secures the inviolability of human dignity, but there is no authoritative interpretation on whether (and how) this provision could apply to cloning).
I will discuss two variants of the same general approach: one that provides unconditional anonymity in arbitrary groups (useful in adversarial contexts such as whistle-blowing), and another that provisions a traceability mechanism within an authoritative group (useful in accountable collaborative settings such as corporate and government).
Centralised conception, planning and implementation, the absence of provisions for local adaptations and the authoritative legislation context were sub-optimal features.
"A clear, authoritative judicial holding on the meaning of a particular provision should not be cast in doubt and subjected to challenge whenever a related though not utterly inconsistent provision is adopted in the same statute or even in an affiliated statute," the two authors wrote.
But if there is a dispute over the meaning or application of a particular law or provision, it is up to the courts to make authoritative determination on what the law means.
The prompt and comprehensive provision of this vital evidence was a critical factor in shaping the commission's authoritative report documenting and denouncing the government's wartime conduct, and the recommendations that an apology and monetary redress were due those who had been incarcerated.
