Sentence examples for the rule of which from inspiring English sources

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"They (the torture memo drafters) also missed the established precedent I have cited repeatedly here, namely United States v. Altstoetter, under the rule of which the conduct of the torture lawyers is a criminal act not shielded by any notions of government immunity".

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The running conceit of the book has to do with the fictional association of International Bar Flies, the rules of which include the admonition that, "Those seeing cerise cats with purple ears should keep it to themselves".

The current pattern of economic development is determined not by the preferences of the Mozambique government, but by the global economic system, the rules of which all nations must observe.

What might it mean if, like many of the researchers we work with, you struggle with the feeling that the higher education system is a game, the rules of which are difficult to navigate and set by others?

Among them were a dozen stoic fighters from the New York Underground Combat League, the rules of which are summarized by the phrase "vale tudo," Portuguese for "anything goes".

First up is Fight Club – the rules of which don't really get discussed, incidentally.

The rest of us should plan to crowd around the charging station (the rules of which we've outlined here) when we get to the airport.

Dartmouth played its own version called "Old division football", the rules of which were first published in 1871, though the game dates to at least the 1830s.

The primary function of the (political) Elite is to be the steward of the social contract (Rousseau, 1762); that by the rules of which all members of the constituency abide.

Adhering to judgments of a court to which we are signed up by treaty is an aspect of the rule of law, which we must obey.

In doing so, it plainly undermines another cardinal feature of the rule of law, which is that legislation should be prospective rather than retrospective, described by Lord Bingham as "a rule of simple fairness, a rule which any child would understand".

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