If Hardin is right and the point here is not to claim that he is, but rather to point out the worldly importance of determining which games agents are in fact playing then the mere presence of an external enforcer (NATO?) would not have changed the game, pace the Hobbesian analysis, since the enforcer could not have threatened either side with anything worse than what each feared from the other.
But the mere fact that the patent being enforced has been acquired from another entity should have no bearing on whether an entity is a "patent troll," or whether they should be allowed to enforce.
The Islamic Republic of Iran, Abdo argues, reduced Islam to mere ideology, a set of rules enforced from above by the state.
The Supreme Court has long ruled that a mere ideological interest in seeing a law enforced is a "generalized grievance" that is not sufficiently personal or concrete to support a constitutional "case or controversy," the only kind the court has the authority to resolve.
In general, at least, the mere fact that one has the power to enforce one's commands does not establish those commands as legitimate, nor does it ensure that one has a right to punish those who fail to conform to one's commands.
The government's regulations enforcing economic sanctions could be portrayed as mere technicalities, a reflection of the long-standing antipathy between the United States and Iran and Cuba that have been foisted on the banking system.
Nobody says the famous line about the truth universally acknowledged, but MacFadyen acts out its importance by enforcing utter silence at a ball by his mere entrance, like a drag queen in a wild west saloon.
Violations of the old rules, which allow food vendors to remain in a location for 30 minutes, are mere infractions, and in any case the rules are seldom enforced.
One wonders if they ever grow tired of night after night of enforced hilarity and costumes and singed hair, whether the mere thought of preparing for another world tour is exhausting in itself.
These findings, together with the insight that a mere surrogate parameter may not be sufficient to evaluate competence, have enforced the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy ASGEE) to recommend a new colonoscopy skill assessment tool for colonoscopy [ 26].
