So the dent in Colombian sovereignty may be just as great, even though this time Mr. Pastrana has promised that all civil authorities in the area "will continue in the exercise of their functions," and international observers will be allowed in to assure that the E.L.N. is honoring the agreement.
This requirement is embodied in Bangladesh's constitution, which says "the chief justice and other judges shall be independent in the exercise of their judicial functions".
"The law overprotects the security forces in the exercise of their law enforcement functions, being able to exercise violence against the citizens with impunity and according to their subjective criterion".
In his solitary dissent, John Marshall Harlan (a Kentucky lawyer who changed his mind about civil rights law after witnessing organized racist violence) argued that "such discrimination practiced by corporations and individuals in the exercise of their public or quasi-public functions is a badge of servitude, the imposition of which congress may prevent under its power".
Although the President acts in his personal discretion in the exercise of certain functions as a check on the Cabinet and Parliament of Singapore, his role is largely ceremonial.
Although the President acts in his personal discretion in the exercise of certain functions as a check on the Cabinet and Parliament of Singapore, he is otherwise required to act in accordance with the advice of the Cabinet or of a Minister acting under the general authority of the Cabinet.
Further, while Article 38 states that the individual in question has immunity "in respect of official acts performed in the exercise of his functions," it would be difficult to establish that the official acts of any U.S. consular officer involve the circumstances and behavior that Mr. Davis admits to engaging in (and for which there is a great deal of supporting evidence).
Article 43 of the Convention states: "Consular officers and consular employees shall not be amenable to the jurisdiction of the judicial and administrative authorities of the receiving state in respect of acts performed in the exercise of consular functions".
As Dante Alighieri (1265 1321) contended in De Monarchia ("Concerning the Monarchy"), the pope, as the head of the spiritual aspects of society, and the emperor, as the ruler of the temporal areas of concern, were equally ordained by God to exercise their functions in their respective spheres of power and influence for human welfare.
