Over lunch one day, Oz described how in Europe he often gets the question "How long have you spent in Israeli prisons?" — the idea being that, somehow, the Israeli government does not permit contrary opinion.
The decision to ban a whole class of substances, then specify which ones are permitted, is contrary to centuries of British common law under which citizens have been allowed to do or consume anything unless expressly forbidden.
He sued to get his job back but lost, and the court of appeals in Colorado (where, as you're probably aware, pot is legal) recently upheld the ruling, stating, "For an activity to be lawful in Colorado, it must be permitted by, and not contrary to, both state and federal law".
To the contrary, RI permitted to avoid more measles cases, measles deaths and DALYs than SIA (Table 4).
In democracies, where they are all upon equality; and in aristocracies, where the laws ought to use their utmost endeavors to procure as great an equality as the nature of the government will permit, slavery is contrary to the spirit of the constitution: it only contributes to give a power and luxury to the citizens which they ought not to have.
On the contrary, Hizbullah is permitted by Lebanon's Syrian occupiers to keep its weapons for one reason only: so that it can continue fighting Israel.Israel delenda estHizbullah makes no secret of this.
The deliberations and discussions of the Grand Chapter led to the following decision: the erection of an American Province should not be permitted as this would be contrary to the Constitution of the Cistercian Order, and as a consequence of this, the annual gathering of the four American superiors in a Provincial Chapter should likewise be prohibited.
Khosla's attorney, Jeffrey Essner, had argued that he did not engage in "development" that required a permit, despite contrary opinions from local and state officials.
Adams (1994: ch.8) claims that we are rationally permitted, in the absence of strong reasons to the contrary, to presume the real possibility of most things, including God.
The median dividing Broadway is generally about 20 feet wide, said Scott Gastel, a spokesman for the city's Department of Transportation, adding that, in the absence of any contrary signals, left turns at those intersections are permitted if it is safe.
On the contrary, stability, long time-horizons, and low investment costs permitted Japanese producers to make long-term investments and to overpower and outmaneuver U.S. industry in strategic confrontations whether in technology licensing, price competition, or Japanese market access.
