Sentence examples for law sanctions from inspiring English sources

Over his objections, Congress forced Trump to sign into law sanctions against North Korea, Iran and Russia.

In societies without formal legal institutions, such as courts of law, sanctions are often imposed directly by the wronged individual or group.

Islamic law sanctions capital punishment for murderers, and dozens of people are executed every year in Muslim countries for committing serious crimes.

The European Union has talked of imposing an oil embargo in the coming months, and on Dec. 31 President Barack Obama signed into law sanctions against foreign institutions dealing with Iran's central bank.

There is also a concern among some MPs that new rules will be too bureaucratic and will be no more enforceable than existing common law sanctions on anti-social behaviour.

Proliferation of international instruments prescribing criminal law sanctions comes within an era, which finds legislators throughout the world renouncing their protective role and instead moving towards the "carrot" side allowing financial incentives and cost-benefit analyses to guide the behavior of corporations and other major polluters.

Canon law sanctioned slavery.

That deplorable 1996 law sanctioned blatant discrimination against the spousal rights of married gays and lesbians.

Canon law sanctioned the punishment, and in France galley slaves could be branded "TF" (travaux forcés, "hard labour") until 1832.

The law sanctioned some of these steps; other acts appear simply to be at the behest of the powerful against the weak.

Rhode Island has become the first state to enact a law sanctioning the use of medical marijuana since the Supreme Court ruled in June that the authorities could prosecute users, even in states with laws that allow its use.