Sentence examples for penal character from inspiring English sources

The penal character of the settlements established in Australia from the late 18th century was hardly conducive to forming workers' combinations, but the transition from convict to free settlement brought the first signs of union activity.

Regulations of a disciplinary and penal character for securing such morale require unified handling, the details of which will be dealt with at a subsequent meeting of experts on penal law". That is, of course, not one of my offices.

The provisions of sections 1996 and 1998 of the Revised Statutes are distinctly penal in character.

But on Wednesday a majority of the high court bench upheld the laws, and rejected assertions they gave the NT executive powers that were "penal or punitive in character".

However on Wednesday, a majority of the high court bench rejected the assertions the scheme gave the NT executive powers that were "penal or punitive in character" and said the laws therefore "do not impair, undermine or detract from the institutional integrity of the Northern Territory courts".

The following chapters trace events from their European background through the first administration of the House of Refuge, relating Refuge history to the changing character of penal institutions.

In our case, the penal code is quite clear.

The characters in Franz Kafka's subversive fables "In the Penal Colony" and "A Hunger Artist" are named for their roles or vocations; Philippe Claudel's more recent "The Investigation" (2012) centers, naturally, on the Investigator.

Her classmates could never believe that the writer of their set text Our Country's Good – Wertenbaker's play about an Australian penal colony – hadn't lived in the 18th century, like the characters she describes.

Earlier this year, many users of Brunei's active social media – the only avenue for public criticism of authorities – denounced the penal code as barbaric and out of step with the gentle Bruneian national character.

Although my goals were pretty clear, I was concerned with how the process of discussing character with Black men and women, who had been through the penal system, could be misinterpreted as promoting a "politics of respectability". It then dawned on me that "character talk" had in some ways become a bad word, tainted by the selfish and at times insensitive political goals of the elite.