Sentence examples for on statutes from inspiring English sources

It was a tacit admission that the country so far has relied more on connections than on statutes and contracts.

"Members view this as a bureaucratic decision that is maybe necessary, based on statutes, but highly short-sighted".

Education in common law countries "is all about cases," she said, while her own education had been focused on "statutes, articles, texts".

A common way such institutions have sought to protect their collections from restitution claims is through a reliance on statutes of limitations.

The court in Washington said it could not tell if the ruling had been based on the Florida Constitution or on statutes written by the Florida Legislature.

Here, as in his previous book, "Active Liberty" (2005), Breyer places emphasis on statutes and constitutional provisions, the real-world consequences of judicial decisions and the need to apply the Constitution's basic values to changing circumstances.

(Engelman's civil suit was dismissed on statute of limitations grounds).

(The lawsuit was dismissed by a New York State court on statute-of-limitation grounds, and is currently on appeal).

He was, however, harshly critical of a 2007 sex-discrimination ruling barring a suit from Lilly M. Ledbetter on statute of limitations grounds.

"The court has basically carved out an exception on statute of limitation claims where the party has engaged in affirmative misrepresentations or deceitful conduct," he said.

The Justices, in an opinion by Samuel Alito, said that she had waited too long to bring her case, and extinguished her claim on statute-of-limitations grounds.