Sentence examples for on the consent of from inspiring English sources

Since the merged company would have operated on both sides of the Atlantic, the merger hinged on the consent of not just one but two sets of regulators, each with its own legal tradition and its own interpretation of the public interest.

History shows that regimes who fear their own people will eventually crumble, but strong institutions built on the consent of the governed endure long after any one individual is gone.

Dictatorships, he writes, depend on the consent of the people.

The IHFFC can only act based on the consent of the concerned State or States.

Businesspeople and financiers should never forget that capitalism rests on the consent of the people.

Both Hobbes and Locke based the legitimacy of state authority on the consent of those ruled.

Science magazine officially retracted a major study on same-sex marriage and public opinion on Thursday without the consent of the lead author, UCLA graduate student Michael J. LaCour.

"Forcing the agreement on Congress, without the consent of the leadership, will only make it more so".

By convention, Westminster does not legislate on devolved matters without the consent of the regions.

General Sanchez said much of his troops' efforts were focused on securing what he called the consent of the Iraqi people.

(And street art created on private property is permitted with the consent of property owners).