Sentence examples for prescriptive laws from inspiring English sources

However, to lay down prescriptive laws about what classical theatre needs to be is to limit what it might be.

He begins by pointing out that the word 'law' is ambiguous: it can refer to descriptive or to prescriptive laws.

These distinctions allow Frege to distinguish between two versions of 'psychological logicians': one group takes the laws of logic to be descriptive psychological laws, the other group interprets the laws of logic as prescriptive laws based on descriptive psychological laws.

And they are trying to enforce this imbalance in prescriptive law by calling for a ban on "standby" for new appliances.

Heraclitus is not only claiming that human prescriptive law must harmonize with divine law, but he is also asserting that divine law encompasses both the universal laws of the cosmos itself and the particular laws of men.

In India, there are no prescriptive funerary laws; only articles 28 and 29 of the constitution that guarantee every minority the freedom to conduct their rites according to their own customs and traditions.

"The neighbor sued, and the fence ultimately came down," Mr. Brav said, explaining that the case had been settled because since the neighbor had been using the driveway for so long -- more than 10 years -- he had probably acquired a common-law "prescriptive easement," which gave him the right to continue to use the driveway.

Taxes are, in fact, a far cheaper and less coercive way to curtail such behavior than laws or prescriptive regulations.

Curiously, the Talmud, the prescriptive text of Jewish law, says that Yom Kippur is a day to lift the spirits.

Appearing before Vaz's committee, Yates said it was difficult to prove wrongdoing because the law was "prescriptive".

Jewish law is prescriptive regarding the notion of acceptable risk.