If it can be established that Madni was in Diego Garcia, that would be a breach of European law and as Algar says, that would mean action against the government of Tony Blair and other parties could be mounted.

VOA: standard.2009.07.28

So this could be summarized as the law of effect, which is a tendency to perform an action's increased if rewarded, weakened if it's not.

这种行为上的变化被称之为效果律，也就是说，行为倾向随奖励而增加，随惩罚而减少。

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"What they're addressing are the diminished values of the cars nationwide, as the result of Toyota's misinformation and mismanagement of the company, through no fault of the consumers.' Northeastern University Law Professor Tim Howard, leads a consortium of attorneys that will make the case for a single class action lawsuit.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26