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  Legal Positivism [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
Under the U.S. rule of recognition, for example, a federal statute is legally valid if and only if it has been enacted in accordance with the procedural requirements described in the body of the Constitution and is consistent with the first fourteen amendments.
Since, on Hart's view, the U.S. rule of recognition is a social rule, U.S. officials must agree on the procedures the federal government must follow in enacting law, the set of sentences constituting the first fourteen amendments, and the requirement that federal enactments be consistent with those amendments.
But Hart's view of social rules does not imply there cannot be any disagreement about whether a given enactment is consistent with the first fourteen amendments.
www.iep.utm.edu /l/legalpos.htm   (6977 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Augustine of Canterbury
With regard to the delicate question of jurisdiction Augustine is informed that he is to exercise no authority over the churches of Gaul; but that "all the bishops of Britain are entrusted to him, to the end that the unlearned may be instructed, the wavering strengthened by persuasion and the perverse corrected with authority".
[Greg., Epp., XI (indic., iv), 64; Bede, H. E., I, xxvii.] Augustine seized the first convenient opportunity to carry out the graver provisions of this last enactment.
He had already received the pallium on the return of Peter and Lawrence from Rome in 601.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/02081a.htm   (3139 words)

  
 Encyclopedia of Small Business - A-Bo
The annual percentage rate (APR) is the effective rate of interest that is charged on an installment loan, such as those provided by banks, retail stores, and other lenders.
Since the enactment of the Truth in Lending Act in 1969, lenders have been required to report the APR in boldface type on the first page of all loan contracts.
Annual reports are formal financial statements that are published yearly and sent to company stockholders and various other interested parties.
www.referenceforbusiness.com /small/A-Bo/index.html   (2551 words)

  
 Guampedia - Guam's Online Encyclopedia
In March, 1974, the Board of Regents created the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Administrative Autonomy was granted to the University with the enactment of Public Law 13-194, "The Higher Education Act," on October 4, 1976.
The Act, and subsequent amendments, established the University as a non-membership, non-profit corporation under the control and operation of a nine-member Board of Regents appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Legislature.
www.guampedia.com /sponsors/uog.htm   (429 words)

  
 Bulgaria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A party or coalition must garner a minimum of 4% of the vote in order to enter parliament.
Parliament is responsible for enactment of laws, approval of the budget, scheduling of presidential elections, selection and dismissal of the prime minister and other ministers, declaration of war, deployment of troops outside of Bulgaria, and ratification of international treaties and agreements.
The last elections took place on June 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bulgaria   (3368 words)

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