Under Supreme Court precedents, self-representation at trial is a constitutional right.
Nonetheless, the body served as a precedent for self-governance in later British colonies in North America.
He fears that would set a precedent for self-determination that Catalans, Basques and others would quickly want to emulate.So, while Britain wants a definitive deal, Spain implies it could be just a stepping stone to something more, however distant which is anathema to the Gibraltarians.
As for the English settlers, a group in upper East Tennessee, learning that they were not under royal authority, set a precedent for self-government in the Watauga Association in 1772, the example of which was later followed by the signers of the Cumberland Compact on the site of Nashville.
"And of course," he adds, "there's the precedent of self-published books becoming best sellers.
The former EBay chief shattered records for spending in a nonpresidential race and set a new national precedent for self-financed candidates, ultimately donating $144 million of her own money to her campaign.
Sony decided to release the film after U.S. President Barack Obama, as well as such Hollywood luminaries as George Clooney and Republicans and Democrats in Washington, raised concerns that Hollywood was setting a precedent of self-censorship.
Couldn't they have done a better job making this movie?" Sony decided to release the film after U.S. President Barack Obama, as well as such Hollywood luminaries as George Clooney and Republicans and Democrats in Washington, raised concerns that Hollywood was setting a precedent of self-censorship.
The composer's transition from early formal experimentation, based on European avant-garde precedents, to a more self-consciously homespun approach in the 1930's and 40's is reflected in visual art, as the Cubist-inspired abstraction of Stuart Davis, Max Weber and the poet and painter E. E. Cummings gave way to the Regionalism of Grant Wood and Thomas Hart Benton.
There is a precedent for the self-regulatory approach.
Although Lederman's AbioCor encountered some problems, it set a precedent for future self-contained medical implant technology.
