Sentence examples for authority obligation from inspiring English sources

Depending on the initial justificatory problem, it will specify principles (P) that have some normative property (N)— such as justice, morality, authority, obligation, legitimacy, mutual benefit, and so on.

This fund last year generated income of £140m towards bankrolling the additional expenditures of Woolf and the corporation above and beyond their local authority obligations.

To examine national authorities' obligations under the International Health Regulations (2005), we reviewed outbreaks in 2001 2007 that implicated internationally distributed foods.

"The State Legislature has the constitutional authority and obligation to draw the lines," said Jerry H. Goldfeder, a New York election law expert.

Only one man has the authority and obligation to make these things happen, and his name is George W. Bush.

Prosecutors say that because the drowning occurred outside the Miccosukee reservation, the state has the authority and obligation to pursue the case.

"It is the F.C.C.'s authority and obligation to determine which transmissions are lawful," said Lauren Patrich, a spokeswoman for the commission's wireless bureau.

Finma cited rules in the Swiss banking code, "which give it the authority and obligation to impose unspecified preventive measures if it has reasonable grounds to suspect serious liquidity problems".

"We are very hopeful that the mayor and City Council of Riverside will reconsider once they realize they do, in fact, have clear legal authority, and obligation, to pay out the reward monies," he said.

As leader of the world's foremost democracy he also has the moral authority, and obligation, to speak out in defense of human rights and Russia's newly won freedoms.

Plato gives this account of authority and obligation among others in the Crito (Plato 1948).