Marafioti and Gates lay out the scope and principal finding of the volume that "judicial sentencing was normally grounded in ideologies of social control, which sought to create and sustain authority at local, regional, and national levels" and was not, as is often the assumption, "motivated by cruelty, excess, or barbarism" (p. 3).
Even within the walled cities, however, some pre-Islamic rites remained part of the ceremonies that sustained monarchical authority.
Had it done so, the majority hints, we would have sustained its authority to regulate possession of firearms in school zones.
Only at the end, when the system sustaining his authority is breached, will the mastermind become the spectator of his own nightmares.
But with the loyalty of two such heavyweight military figures now under scrutiny, Commodore Bainimarama, a naval officer, may have difficulty sustaining his authority within the army.
With no army and only a few thousand poorly trained police, Aristide has relied on armed gangs to sustain his authority.
His colleague, A.R. Radcliffe-Brown, adopted a more sociological, Durkheimian line of argument, explaining, for example, that the "function" of ancestor worship was to sustain the authority of fathers and grandfathers and to back up the claims of family responsibility.
In the absence of a healthcare system, he effectively ran a one-man health service for the Palestinian people and made a special effort to cover the medical needs of those who approached him, which helped to sustain his authority and popularity.
That this court is authorized to exercise appellate jurisdiction by habeas corpus directly is a position sustained by abundant authority.
The authority sustained substantial damage in addition to its airports, shipping terminals and tunnels, Mr. Foye said.
The authority sustained an estimated $4.75 billion in storm damage across its system, which includes commuter railroads and vehicular tunnels, but restored most subway service within a week.
