Sentence examples for direct legislation from inspiring English sources

Mr. Cameron said the new system had averted direct legislation of the press.

At the other end of the scale is the European Commission, which prefers direct legislation.

Cambridge University Press, 2002 .The Populist Paradox: Interest Group Influence and the Promise of Direct Legislation", by Elisabeth R. Gerber.

The provision in the Oregon constitution for direct legislation violates the provisions of the act of Congress admitting Oregon to the Union.

She demonstrates, however, that these economic interest groups have considerable success in using direct legislation to block initiatives that others are proposing and to exert pressure on politicians.

By contrast, citizen interest groups with broad-based support and significant organizational resources have proven to be extremely effective in using direct legislation to pass new laws.

and directing legislation for Senator Sam Brownback (R Kans).

John Randolph Haynes, a Californian doctor, founded a "direct-legislation league" after a trip to Switzerland.

But in the case of these projects the Direct Action legislation let them off.

Social care is still only patchily embedding collaboration across the system, particularly into commissioning, 20 years after direct payments legislation.

But in the case of these projects the Direct Action legislation assumed "additionality' and did not require it to be proven – in the interests of investment certainty.