Sentence examples for laws and decisions from inspiring English sources

These make it clear that Tibet was subject to rules, laws and decisions made by the Yuan and Qing rulers.

The Roberts court has been hearing many pre-emption cases under other laws, and decisions on ones concerning immigration, arbitration and seat belts are expected this term.

Advocates say that the patchwork of laws and decisions about gay marriage across the country has put gay couples and their families in a kind of legal limbo.

New papal laws and decisions, called decretals, first added to Gratian's Decretum, were soon gathered into separate collections, of which the best known are the Quinque compilationes antiquae ("Five Ancient Compilations").

Whereas most studies of slavery in the United States concern the antebellum South, this one stakes out less visited territory — the laws and decisions made by the colonists in New England two centuries earlier.

But the council also appeared to join Mr. Mekki in urging the president to scale back his writ, calling for limiting the immunity from judicial review to "laws and decisions issued by the president as sovereignty acts," a reference to Egyptian legal precedents that could justify such executive action in certain circumstances.

"More than patching the gaps and loopholes of the Department of Justice settlement, this proposal really more accurately reflects the sprit of the law and decisions in this case".

But their conversation soon moved to what has become a contentious topic this summer: labor's renewed anger over Mr. Obama's health care law and decisions surrounding it, especially the postponement of an employer mandate to ensure coverage for workers and the potential effects of the coming health insurance exchanges on existing plans.

However, federal courts are bound to follow Oregon law and decisions of the Oregon Supreme Court for cases that involve disputes based on Oregon law, even when those federal courts are not based in Oregon, per the Erie Doctrine developed by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Even though most end-of-life medical decisions are made in compliance with the 2005 law, and decisions leading to a strong likelihood of death are more frequently taken after discussion with the patient or trusted third party and the medical staff (other doctors, nursing staff), the study shows that the legal provisions governing these decisions are not always fully respected.

While Mrs Barrie will also need to be at one with the fact that all the community's law-and-order decisions are taken in the "men's hut".