Repealing the Human Rights Act or even quitting the convention it codifies seemed a cunning distraction from the messy compromises to come with the EU.
In many respects, the new constitution merely codifies an existing method of governing that allows the palace to micromanage at its whim.When the February 20th movement was launched, inspired by the Egyptian and Tunisian revolutions earlier this year (but never calling for the king's head), it drew much public sympathy.
The bill the House is taking up today liberates Congress from re-enacting the Hyde Amendment every year as a rider on the appropriations bill for the Department of Health and Human Services; it codifies in perpetuity the ban on the use of federal monies for abortion.
Mr Tarschys oversees a sensible division of labour: the Council of Europe codifies and upholds the legal rules, and the OSCE then uses them as a template for encouraging better behaviour in areas of tension.But taking in newly democratic countries from Central and Eastern Europe has stretched the rules somewhat, since none is treaty-perfect (though that applies to some older hands, too).
This codifies, and may expand, schemes under which Venezuela supplies subsidised oil.
I take this to mean that Morris would have preferred a tax that would buy the freedom of all America's slaves from their masters over a constitution that not only codifies but rewards human bondage.
In many ways, this codifies what NATO already does.
Smoke and mirrors Runners and riders The mouse that roared Troubling times The stultifying Brussels consensus ReprintsThe Brussels consensus codifies what in Washington were broad policy goals.
This year's bill contained more such constraints, including language that some believe codifies indefinite detention.
Astronomers of the 20th century divided the entire sky into 88 areas, or constellations; this international system codifies the naming of stars and star patterns that began in prehistoric times.
Britain's system of government has been built up over the years on foundations that consist largely of convention, with no overarching legal document that codifies and guarantees the rights of citizens.
