An attorney in search of the actual presentation of Shariah as an extant and authoritative basis for law in modern times has the opportunity to examine several Muslim regimes which have implemented Shariah as the law of the land.
Most importantly, I do not believe that my personal views and values should be the primary basis for making law.
He added that religion was a "matter of opinion" that could not be proved and should not, therefore, be used as the basis for making law.
"It is the outside attacks that create the basis for the law, but then that raises the abortion concern and causes the right-to-life versus the pro-life fight, " he said.
None would have wished to upend the very basis for education, law or culture.
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Instead of deciding whether any of the above are reasonable, the court concluded that Prop. 8 could have no effect on any of them so it had no rational basis for being the law of the land.
As I have said before, I do not believe that there is any basis in law for arguing that there is an implied condition of reasonableness which can be read into the power of veto conferred on the permanent members of the Security Council by the UN Charter.
The three-judge panel found "no basis" in the law for such a dispensation and scored the EPA for "the adoption of an entirely new goal" that it simply invented.
Since his capture occurred when the U.S. and other coalition members were the occupying power in Iraq, there is ample basis in existing international law for the American exercise of legal jurisdiction over him.
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"And there was no basis in law or fact for either of the Kelleys to be investigated as the subjects or targets of the FBI's criminal probe, " given that they were originally viewed as victims of anonymous harassment.
Under Common Law (the basis for most of the English speaking world) we can write a contract to do pretty much anything.
The Justice Department has long stated that online poker violates U.S. law even though the basis for this position remains murky.
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Dar al-Fatwa, Lebanon's top Sunni authority, and the Higher Shi'a Islamic Council both said that they opposed the draft on the basis that Sharia law protected the status of women, and should remain the basis for governing legal issues related to Muslim families.
In addition, foreign countries and companies will have a stronger legal basis for their complaints than just U.S. law.
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The crime in question would be violating the Espionage Act, the 1917 law that would most likely be the basis for any prosecution of Assange.
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Both the House and Senate bills would make it against the law for insurance companies to deny you coverage on the basis of a pre-existing condition or illness.
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That law, commonly referred to as FCPA, was the principal basis for the U.S. opening its initial investigation of News Corp.
Under current law, S corporation shareholders only increase their basis in the S corporation for loans made directly to the corporation by the shareholder.
In Washington, well-known civil rights attorney, Ralph Neas, noted that US federal law prohibits targeting challenges to voters, even if there is a basis for the challenge, if race is a factor in targeting the voters.
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In New York, for example, the law says students can't be discriminated against on the basis of their gender identity.
Action by you to repeal the law prior to this time-line and a subsequently finalized court decision will nullify any basis for the appeal and will establish as legal precedent Judge Phillips' ruling.
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Our law firm receives calls from people looking for legal help in exactly this situation on a weekly basis, at least.
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Santos Foundation, a public charity that works to help at-risk youth prepare for law-abiding, contributing lives, I work face to face with young citizens on a regular basis.
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Judge Supperstone said there was "no basis" for Mr Bennett challenging the decision of the magistrates, adding the case was "hypothetical" anyway as the law had since changed with the introduction of new legislation governing 24-hour drinking.
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