Rule-selection activation was also seen in the caudal prefrontal cortex, which has previously been shown in human studies to be sensitive to the "context" of rule-based tasks (Koechlin et al. 2003) and the retrieval and maintenance of rules (Bunge et al. 2003).
In 1984, when Margaret Thatcher and Deng Xiaoping negotiated the gradual, peaceful transfer of Hong Kong from Britain to China, the Beijing government promised a high degree of political autonomy and maintenance of the rule of law — one of the best legacies of 155 years of colonial rule.
Churchill never had departmental responsibility for Ireland, but he progressed from an initial belief in firm, even ruthless, maintenance of British rule to an active role in the negotiations that led to the Irish treaty of 1921.
Baroness Hale, deputy president of the Supreme Court, suggested earlier this week that the Government and Parliament "may not fully understand how important access to justice is to the maintenance of the rule of law", citing the recent introduction of the £150 compulsory charge for criminal court defendants.
He argued that it was not in the interests of Finland as a whole for the Swedish-speaking leaders of the Finnish nationalist movement to foster the development of Finnish over Swedish or to favour the maintenance of Russian rule over Finland.
He found that, the growth rate (real per capita GDP) is enhanced by higher initial schooling and life expectancy, lower fertility, lower government consumption, better maintenance of the rule of law, lower inflation and improvements in the terms of trade.
On the facts of the case, he found it was neither proportionate nor necessary for the maintenance of the rule of law to require unrestricted judicial review.
He argued that there were Slovene populations in Styria who would have preferred the maintenance of Austrian rule.
It was essential that on the self-generated trials the participants made their decision as quickly as possible so that we could be sure that any sustained activation genuinely reflected the maintenance of the rule.
"We believe in the maintenance of the rules based order.
