These principles of comity and federalism equally apply to state electoral procedures for the selection of presidential electors given the broad ambit of state authority in this area as outlined in Article II, Section 1 of the United States Constitution.
"International judicial assistance is always discretionary, based upon principles of comity rather than treaty, and is also subject to legal procedures in the requested country," said Markus Funk, a defence attorney and former prosecutor, who was not referring specifically to the case involving Andrew.
There are well established principles of comity between parliament and the courts and the House of Commons has resolved that the sub judice rule applies to proceedings which are active and they shall not be referred to in any motion, debate or question.
What all this comes down to is the principle of comity among courts.
Generally, a principle of "comity" has applied with foreign countries, under which Americans recognize foreign marriages and may expect their own to be accepted abroad.
Some of this co-operation is practical; it also reflects the legal principle of "comity", a type of reciprocity that results in one legal jurisdiction voluntarily deferring to another.
But same-sex marriages have been legally recognized here, under the principle of comity, since they started being performed elsewhere — first in the Netherlands in 2001, then in Canada and Massachusetts, and now in Connecticut.
For it is the repeal of the understandings, principles and sense of comity associated with that project that is the clear target of the financial forces that control the continent's economic affairs.
But the city saw an important principle at stake, too: maintaining the delicate balance of comity between neighbors.
According to this doctrine, an important principle of federalism called "comity"—that is, respect by federal courts for state courts dictates that federal courts abstain from intervening in ongoing state proceedings, absent the most compelling circumstances.
The truth is, we have effectively adopted all the salient principles of Italian politics -- the art of obstruction, the rhetoric of obfuscation, the elevation of self-interest above public interest, all with the oily, insincere veneer of comity.
