Sentence examples for punitive authority from inspiring English sources

The emperor (in this case, the punitive authority of the German welfare state) has indeed been denuded.

Given ill-defined punitive authority, we can be sure that a substantial number of schools will apply it in nonsensically literal ways to criminalize innocent behavior.

By signing the CRC in 1989 and ratifying it the following year, the Government of Pakistan came fully onboard with the United Nations in recognising the rights of children and implementing them with punitive authority.

A second suggested he was an "unhappy soul" who had succumbed to the temptation "to impersonate the kind of punitive, absolute authority that renders grades to its helpless students as if they really were blessings and curses".

Keeping money from arbitrary and punitive tax authorities makes sense.

Ms Cole laid out a new policy of "credible deterrence" which involved making sure that the authority's punitive actions grabbed the headlines.

Anderson revels in the absurd clash of period details: the prodigious countercultural indulgence in sex, drugs, and protest, the raw menace of neo-Nazi bikers, and the punitive moralism of establishment authorities.

It is usually when a Marine is caught by the police or military authorities that punitive actions are taken and the corps then develops a strong stance against under-age drinking.

Strippers also have to contend with increasingly punitive decisions by local authorities.

A potential reason that facilities may underreport maternal deaths could be to avoid investigation and punitive action by higher authorities.

Also, arbitrary punitive actions by regulatory authorities, including the threat of disciplinary action against striking HCWs, such as those proposed the HPCSA [ 48- 50], will only lead to more resentment by doctors and counterproductive results [ 55].