Okay, with these two meanings in mind, in fact, in the same document, there is also the stipulation which is - which has been in the past, the old defunct constitution about Islam being the religion - the religion of state and the principles of shariah being the main source of legislation.

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But the government doesn't have complete control over either the principles or the precise wording of legislation produced by the Commons.

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The Conservatives have been strongly critical of the Human Rights Act - legislation which introduced into British law the principles of the 1950 European Convention on Human Rights - of which Britain was one of the authors.

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All we have to do is pass legislation that is balanced, that reflects the principles of the Bowles-Simpson commission, reflects the principles of the Domenici-Rivlin commission, reflects the principles of the Gang of Six -- reflects the principles of every common-sense person who has looked at this issue -- every economist, every legislative analyst who has looked at this issue.

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"The legislation that passed the Judiciary Committee with a strong bipartisan vote is largely consistent with the principles of commonsense reform I have proposed and meets the challenge of fixing our broken immigration system, " he said in a statement.

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Opposition MSPs also backed the reforms, with Labour's Karen Whitefield stressing that the principles which had helped establish the Children's Hearing system had "remained at the very heart" of the legislation.

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Along those lines, the American Legislative Exchange Council, an organization of nearly 2, 000 conservative state legislators, earlier this year adopted model legislation drafted by the American Principles Project that caps pension payouts at the private sector median.

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