Sentence examples for be justified by reference from inspiring English sources

In any case, their position as bad people (mali homines of the sort a governor should try to suppress) had been established, and later suppressions could be justified by reference to "the Neronian practice".

Because such offsets undercut the effectiveness of the EAJA and cannot be justified by reference to the DCIA's text or purpose, it seems probable that Congress would have made, and perhaps will in the future make, the opposite choice if clearly presented with it.

The practice of punishment must be justified by reference either to forward-looking or to backward-looking considerations.

The first assumption may be justified by reference to distance between the central supervisor and the local bank.

The second assumption may be justified by reference to the looser connections between the central supervisor and the bank.

In addition, philosophers have a special concern with the logical justification of actions, and often actions must be justified by reference to their expected outcomes.

I cannot agree that the chief justice's unusual review of state law in this case, is justified by reference either to Art.

The Ninth Circuit later noted that "aiding and abetting and other 'add-on' theories of liability have been justified by reference to the broad policy objectives of the securities acts...

Features were justified by reference to their role in distinguishing phonemes in minimal sets of words such as bill, pill, fill, mill, dill, sill, kill.

Paul Dorfman, a senior research fellow at the Energy Institute at University College London, says for too long Hinkley has been justified by reference to immediate supply shortages that in fact can't be met by nuclear.

And such assaults on the incomes of the poorest are justified by reference to the very social attitudes that this and previous governments have done so much to foment.