It discusses the consent theory of authority according to which authority is legitimate only if the subjects have consented to it.
But this is the first time that Israel has used the money, which constitutes about two-thirds of the authority's income, to pay off Palestinian debts without the consent of the authority.
But the latest instance was the first time that Israel said it would use the withheld money to defray Palestinian debts to the Israel Electric Corporation and other Israeli providers without the consent of the authority.
The project still requires the consent of zoning authorities.
"Our conclusion was this couldn't happen without the knowledge or consent of state authorities".
He described Mutko as "complicit" in a programme that could only have happened with the "knowledge and consent" of state authorities.
Syria's military was not known to stock them, and their presence in northern Syria strongly suggested that they were being brought to rebels via black markets, and perhaps with the consent of the authorities in Turkey.
The Government's declaration that no outdoor demonstration, no procession or assembly in the streets would be permitted had been met by a defiant challenge from the Confederation of Trades Unions, which reiterated its announcement that the projected manifestations would take place, with or without the consent of the authorities.
The US said the operation in Syria was conducted "with the full consent of Iraqi authorities", though it did not inform the Syrian government in advance.
One possibility is that Hume thinks that we cannot interpret the continuing residence of a person in a state as a case of consent to the authority of the state because we have no reason to think that the continuing residence was chosen as a result of reflection on whether it constituted consent.
Per the Court's ruling in Illinois v. Rodriguez (1990), a consent search is still considered valid if police accept in good faith the consent of an "apparent authority", even if that party is later discovered to not have authority over the property in question.
