In that case, it was held that the question which of the two opposing governments of Rhode Island, namely, the charter government or the government established by a voluntary convention, was the legitimate one, was a question for the determination of the political department, and, when that department had decided, the courts were bound to take notice of the decision and follow it...
A small society can maintain a subsistence-level economy without any dominion of some people over others, relying entirely on voluntary compliance with conventions of ownership, transfer of goods, and keeping of agreements, and relying on exclusion as the sole means of enforcement.
According to the voluntary guidelines of the Convention on Biodiversity, companies should first avoid, reduce, and then mitigate their impacts on biodiversity.
Making compliance with court rulings voluntary would undermine the entire convention system.
An indictment said that he and others siphoned money from dues paid by the association's 35,000 members, from premium payments into a voluntary insurance fund and from convention fees charged to members.
"ICSID provides an important service to states and investors worldwide by offering impartial, cost-effective and efficient facilities for the settlement of international investment disputes, which under the ICSID convention are entirely voluntary and require consent of both the investor and state concerned," he said.
Trade associations, including representative bodies such as Keidanren (Japan Federation of Economic Organizations) and Keizei Doyukai (the Japan Association of Corporate Executives), are also actively promoting sustainability through different voluntary guidelines, charters and industry specific conventions (Doyukai 2004; Keidanren 2003).
Under this convention countries register their voluntary climate actions.
(The American list does not include any shark species; under the international convention, countries can agree voluntary to refrain from trading in specific species from certain places).
He was MP for Walsall North in the late 70s and is a well-known grandee of the Tory party in the country, as chairman of the national convention which oversees the voluntary wing of the party.
