Still, when either a religious or philosophical objection are not concurrently accompanied by a medical contraindication to vaccination, neither justification for refusal promotes action in the best interests of the child.
There had been an initial failure to investigate sufficiently the circumstances in which entry had been achieved; and, where there had been reconsideration, the approach had been coloured by the assumption that a failure to claim at the port of entry would itself be a justification for refusal.
Granted that refusals to perform abortion are ethically justified, how strong is the corresponding justification for refusals to refer?
His confused theology and unrealistic military objectives are elaborate justifications for his refusal to give up his power, plunder, and cult of personality.
Blasius requires that the board provide a "compelling justification" for its refusal to accept the resignations.
The justification for our refusal to apply a balancing test in these cases, though not always made explicit, is clear enough.
In this case, I agree with the Court that the University has not established a sufficient justification for its refusal to allow the Cornerstone group to engage in religious worship on the campus.
Just last week, it emerged that Iain Duncan Smith is refusing to reveal how many people have died after having their benefits stopped, despite the Information Commissioner telling him there was no justification for his refusal.
But in its modern context, aspiration also has a more mendacious aspect: as the catch-all justification for politicians' refusal to do anything convincing about concentrations of wealth and privilege at the top.
Museveni's published justification for his refusal was that there were better ways than prison of "saving" gay people from an "abnormality" he believed was created by the "random breeding of western societies" or, in women, by "sexual starvation".
But it gives the government of President Vladimir Putin a justification for its refusal to have any dealings with the new authorities in Kiev, which is under immense strain from pro-Russia protests on the Crimean Peninsula, a collapsing currency, coffers left empty by Yanukovych and uncertain control of the country.
