On the European continent a different idea of law holds sway, the Roman Law system (with caveats, but this is largely true).
It is not yet clear whether the United States is proposing to ditch the whole idea of international law, or merely to revise its rules.
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But Roberts will be a tougher sell, says Mark Hall, a professor at Wake Forest University School of Law and leading proponent of the idea that the Obamacare law will survive Supreme Court review.
"It used to be that my Mom had no idea what kind of law I was interested in, no matter how many times I tried to explain it, " she says.
In the current environment where too many law school graduates are chasing too few jobs the idea of publishing a ranking that rewards law schools for bloated enrollments seems out of touch.
Unable to offer any unifying idea or the rule of law, the Kremlin tries to compensate with injections of money.
But Mr Straw said he "could not see much difference" in the idea of replacing the common law defence of "justification" with the statutory defence of "truth".
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The whole idea of coordinating the federal law enforcement agencies, for example -- it's tough enough in a big city police department like Philadelphia or New York to coordinate the units that are under your direct control.
The idea of the new Brownfields law was this: To encourage redevelopment of the 450, 000 brownfield sites that would otherwise lie fallow, the government needed to provide liability protection to developers who took certain reasonable steps before and after buying a property.
But University of Washington law professor Eric Schnapper says the idea of fake cards turning into real votes is a myth.
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The Irish dislike the idea that their system of criminal law could move towards the continental European model.
The government now dismisses the idea that one function of the law is to defend people against the arbitrary exercise of state power.
Europeans inherited the idea of the corporation from Roman law.
"The whole idea is to establish the rule of law, " says Oxy spokesman Lawrence Meriage.
German corporate law shuns the idea of a chief executive, in favour of a Vorstand with collective responsibility.
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Clinton further wants mandatory U.S. citizen enrollment under penalty of law, an idea that practically begs us to see Hillary as the hated Nurse Ratched.
But when you actually talk with educators in the field, it's amazing to hear how much the basic idea behind the law has become part of the education mantra.
An idea also endorsed by many scholars of international law, this means that all countries have a right, indeed an obligation, to try or extradite those accused of the gravest crimes no matter where they are committed.
Officials of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees also say quietly that the returns from Egypt, insofar as they were prompted by near-destitution, risk violating one of the key principles of refugee law: the idea that people should not be sent back to their home country against their will.
Most law schools are stuck with the idea that law is a dignified profession with elegant theories that should be the principal focus of law school classes.
Mr. ANTHONY ROMERO (Executive Director, ACLU): At a time when the Bush administration has tried to argue for even broader law enforcement powers and this idea of a unilateral president, where you have these inherent powers accrue to him because of the war on terror, it's a very strong rejection of that argument.
Jan Cline had no idea, but the city of Salem has a clear law that states a person can only have three yard sales a year.
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However, I think there is a not-so-obvious case for why this aspect of the law may be a bad idea: it could allow fairness norms to increase unemployment.
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Proponents of the United Nation's Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) came up with a brilliant idea.
"Maybe he means he doesn't have the details of it yet, but I hope he has some idea what the major issues are, " Wayne State University law professor Peter Henning said of Orr.
The professor of law at Arizona State University got the idea when he witnessed first-hand an anti-greed and corruption protest in Denver, Colorado.
Divorcing couples and judges hearing their cases should be given a clearer idea of their financial aims in court, according to the Law Commission.
The whole theory of judicial review is based on the idea that the law is out there, a fixed structure to be interpreted by judges.
Anti-trust law is of course based on the idea that some companies can grow too large, and in doing so, might be able to exert economy-sapping control over markets for certain goods.
Though these contribution limits haven't been signed into law, Congress has been kicking around the idea of raising limits for years and the issue has broad support.
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