And they did it on the basis of their law and their practice so far as the release of people in serious medical conditions on compassionate grounds.
Understanding the basis of criminal law makes it easier to understand why violent and possibly criminal behavior in perceived differently when the violence occurs in a sporting event.
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The Outer Space Treaty, a 1967 agreement that forms the basis of international space law, has been signed by every major power on Earth.
Yishai's spokesman told CNN the travel ban against Grass was issued on the basis of an Israeli law that enables the government to deny former Nazis from entering the country.
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.
"Because the ends, and I have no doubt that Garzon's ends were praiseworthy, the ends cannot justify the means and that is the basis of the rule of law, " she said.
The claim was made on the basis of a 2006 Ecuadorian law (Law 42) by which the government has a right to 99% of the oil revenues above a certain "reference price", mostly arbitrary.
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.
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.
Law enforcement-trained personnel engaged as Field Researchers then visited the mosques and evaluated them on the basis of pre-determined indices of Shariah law observance.
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Instead of written contracts enforceable in a recognized court of law, Sino-Forest operates on the basis of personal relationships, cultivated by its senior management.
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Tax cuts cannot be railroaded into law on the basis of the (slender) Republican majority in the House of Representatives alone.
Small business owners should consider having the training at least on an annual basis, since the area of employment law is very dynamic and new laws are constantly coming into effect.
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Mr. ABBAS: (Through translator) As to how much hope we have, if the basis of the ruling will be the law and justice, then we have nothing to worry about, we will get acquitted.
The criminal law should once again be more like the common law, with judges and juries not merely finding fact but making law on the basis of universal principles of fairness, circumstance, and seriousness, and crafting penalties to the exigencies of the crime.
In reaching my conclusion, I have taken account of the fact that on a number of previous occasions, including in relation to Operation Desert Fox in December 1998 and Kosovo in 1999, UK forces have participated in military action on the basis of advice from my predecessors that the legality of the action under international law was no more than reasonably arguable.
Issuance of illusory pronouncements without a basis in law will not improve compliance with employment tax laws.
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It is this difference that will likely form the basis of a court challenge to the new law.
"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.
He insists on these points over and over again, as if they were not slightly banal, and unfortunately, as he does so, it becomes clear that he is laying down the law on the basis simply of his own tastes and prejudices.
Under Common Law (the basis for most of the English speaking world) we can write a contract to do pretty much anything.
The legal basis to detain enemy combatants under the law of war remains the same, meaning they can be held until the end of hostilities.
The study was published in book form in 2004, and also formed the basis of a 2010 book on liability in international humanitarian law.
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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That proposal was signed into law on a bipartisan basis as part of the February extension of the payroll tax cut, and is being implemented today through guidance released by the Labor Department.
But it would lead to a libel law agreed by lawmakers on the basis of the big issues, rather than the existing raft of precedents, all set by judges dealing with narrow points and particular cases.
We believe that Mr. Alioto did in fact make a good faith effort on the basis of his knowledge of the facts and understanding of the law.
The Byzantine emperor Justinian is still known as "the Great" for reconquering Italy, north Africa and south-eastern Spain as well as codifying Roman law in a way which forms the basis of legal systems in many countries today.
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 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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