Sentence examples for modern statute from inspiring English sources

Where, exactly, do we find the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act in the modern statute book?

And the MPs called for a modern statute to ensure that no further attempt could be made to use a "super-injunction" to block reporting of parliamentary proceedings.

The intertwingled nature of modern statute law provides a significant barrier to understanding and comprehension, for lawyers and non-lawyers alike.

"Our scoping paper lays a substantial foundation for a clear, modern statute providing a coherent scheme of structured, clearly defined offences that can be readily understood and efficiently prosecuted.

Thomas thought that information technology could be used to produce a modern statute book in which amended laws could be read without the need to refer back to the original legislation.

He said: "It concerns trafficking and what could basically be called slavery, although in modern statute it is servitude".

Modern statutes still adhere to that idea but with considerable variation.

Modern statutes have expanded this definition so that arson now includes the wrongful burning of any public or private property.

So, under modern statutes permitting accused persons to take the stand in their own behalf, they may be subjected to cross-examination upon their statements.

The case for using dictionaries to determine the meaning of modern statutes is weaker, in part because the materials consulted by the people who compile definitions can skew the results.

Basic ideas have changed little, other than the fact that some modern statutes have imposed responsibility without fault and that corporations can now be held responsible for the acts of their management.