"Politicians don't seem to realise that the more you impose responsibility on schools the more they need that support.
"I think this is clear from the attacks that are made not just on our court but even on national courts, where they take a decision which is unpopular: the problem is always seen in terms of the Human Rights Act which grants rights but doesn't actually impose responsibilities on the individual.
In due course it might well be argued that the act was right to make the relationship between auditors and their "clients" more distanced and adversarial but then went far beyond what was necessary in that respect by, among other things, imposing responsibilities on CEOs that they are not, in fact, in a position to discharge.
The fact that the prime minister presented his ideas as an agenda for a wide discussion - and not as if it was an announcement in the Queen's speech to be imposed by a new constitutional tsar complete with league tables to chronicle his progress - came as a massive relief, and it imposes a responsibility on everyone to contribute their own opinions during this formative period.
However, the principle of humanity imposes the responsibility on States to protect human beings in emergency situations resulting from natural or man-made disasters.
The risk inherent in clinical research imposes a responsibility on the investigator for the well being of human subjects.
But the SEC, with weak leadership, has done as little as possible to hold anyone accountable for the crash, while the Department of Justice has dodged one opportunity after another to impose meaningful responsibility on big corporations and their executives.
It is, however, a troubling law since it tries to impose criminal responsibility on individual bankers for collective failures.
Speaking at a press conference at the G7 summit in Germany after a day of confusing messages from the government, he said he had been referring only to the renegotiation phase, describing speculation over whether he would impose collective responsibility on the referendum campaign itself as "hypothetical".
The Dogs Act, 1871 [ 91] imposed civil responsibility on dog owners and stated that dogs must be "under proper control" and "stray dogs may be detained and sold or destroyed".
