Sentence examples for ultimate source of law from inspiring English sources

The French political philosopher Jean Bodin (1530 96) articulated a theory of sovereignty that viewed the state as the ultimate source of law in a given territory.

While the constitutions of many Muslim-majority countries cite the Koran as the ultimate source of law, Ennadha accepted something very different.

Whatever its shortcomings, the United Nations is an expression of the international community, the ultimate source of international law.

The ultimate source of Jewish law is the God of Israel.

The story continues, however: for the claim is that this capacity (to impose upon ourselves the moral law) is the ultimate source of all moral value — for to value anything (instrumentally or intrinsically) implies the ability to make value judgments generally, the most fundamental of which is the determination of what is morally valuable.

In Council of Civil Service Unions v. Minister for the Civil Service (1983), Lord Diplock stated that for a decision to be susceptible to judicial review, the decision-maker must be empowered by public law, and the ultimate source of power is nearly always a statute or subordinate legislation.

All subjects were asked to imagine two universes a universe completely governed by deterministic laws (Universe A) and a universe including free will, where agents are the ultimate source of their actions (Universe B).

There is an ultimate source of funds, though.

Her ultimate source of power comes from Trump.

The refunded donations underscore a major loophole in campaign law: while super PACs are required to disclose their donors, groups like the League of American Voters, a nonprofit "social welfare" group, are not — meaning that the ultimate source of the $500,000 remains unknown.

With Kant, God is replaced by the self as the ultimate source of meaning.