Sentence examples for frontier law from inspiring English sources

But in practice frontier law is feeble.

After reviewing thousands of such records while researching a paper on frontier law in 18th-century America, Mr. Bellesiles said he had an epiphany in a Vermont courthouse in 1989.

American frontier law turned this on its head through the doctrine of "prior appropriation" (sometimes colloquially understood as "first in time, first in right") but conveniently ignored the rights of native peoples who were unquestionably here first.

Meanwhile, social media stunts like the Pranksters' are becoming increasingly popular, and dubious online threats are still a relatively new frontier for law enforcement.

This technology is opening up a new frontier for law enforcement that could be a huge win for society in general, but without the proper checks and balances, it might not be the improvement we are hoping for.

The Internet, in turn, has provided new frontiers for law enforcement tappers.

Trimble grew up on the Kentucky frontier and studied law privately, being admitted to the bar in 1803.

"Ruggles of Red Gap" isn't about getting a bill passed or even, in the way of "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," about frontier government and law.

The purpose of the courts is to resolve the tension between the will of the people expressed through their lawmakers and the rights of the individual to expand the frontier of the law.

"All this cyberactivity is a new frontier for the law.

What you get is a stilted story line about the clash between frontier justice and Talmudic law, which makes no allowances for circumstantial evidence.