But almost 15 years after his crimes, by applying for citizenship, Mr. Wu, 29, came to the attention of immigration authorities in a parallel law enforcement system that makes no allowances for rehabilitation.
"Historically, there was a view within the Catholic Church that there was a parallel law, that they had their own system of law, and that was the law to which they were accountable," Mr. Gilmore said.
Iran's revolutionary constitution is based on French and Belgian law, with layers of parallel laws and institutions designed to comply with Islamic traditions.
I've often wondered how such public spirited officials would view parallel laws that provided additional freedom to every American by preventing them from having to pay taxes to receive services and protections provided by city, state and the federal governments.
The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 of the United Kingdom and Parallel Laws in other nations provide for such a duty with the general effect being a requirement on the employer to provide whatever information, instruction, training and supervision as is necessary to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health and safety at work of your employees.
Sharia courts There have been two recent flare-ups of the sharia courts and "parallel Islamic law" scare story.
"We'd like to see a parallel civil law introduced to permit victims to sue perpetrators for damages and to take out injunctions against them".
(There may, of course, in many systems be parallel civil law rights, but that is a contingent matter. See more on this point below).
Speaking at the board's annual Clementi debate in London last Thursday, the General Medical Council chief executive, Niall Dickson, cautioned against "overstating the parallels" between law and medicine that are often cited as a reason to increase the bar's relatively low CPD requirement.
Yet, in parallel, the laws of heredity did not rely on molecules in any straightforward way.
"While Australia, New Zealand and the other Commonwealth members involved have made changes in their own laws in parallel to the British law, Canada has chosen simply to assent to the British law," Binette said.
