This amendment has to receive a two-thirds (or more) majority of the vote in both the House and the Senate and then be ratified by the legislatures of 38 states before it can become part of the nation's fundamental law.
There are foreseeable risks, and a duty to inform people of those risks that is fundamental tort law in America.
"It guarantees the right to due process of law, a fundamental principle of international criminal law, " Ms Fernandez said.
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On Monday, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner called the agreement to set up a judicial commission "historic", saying it guaranteed "the right to due process of law, a fundamental principle of international criminal law".
Your example of unfair compensation highlights a fundamental flaw in Big Law as it exists today.
The case hinged upon a fundamental concept in antitrust law: It is illegal for a company to use its domination of one market to try to take over another.
And, a basic fundamental of interpretation of law (and all other law of the United States must ultimately arise from the Constitution) is that a law says what it says and does not say what it does not say.
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For this reason, of fundamental importance to humanitarian law, the Geneva Conventions limited combatant status and prisoner-of-war protections only to those irregular forces that (1) wear uniforms, (2) carry their arms openly in all military operations, and (3) obey the laws of war.
But Starr's sense of honor and duty do not overcome this law's fundamental shortcomings.
It said Mr Obama had "immediately after his election, put an end to an approach to the challenges to national security... considered by Italy and the European Union not compatible with fundamental principles of rule of law".
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The rulings also seem to breach a fundamental tenet of Anglo-American law: no right without a remedy.
John Wadham, director of civil rights organisation Liberty, described the law as "a fundamental part of our criminal justice system".
This fundamental feature of the corporate tax law is what drives much of the discussion for how businesses are sold.
Respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms without distinction of any kind is a fundamental rule of international human rights law.
The problem is fundamental to U.S. law: Appeals courts can only consider issues that were properly raised in the courts below them.
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Americans have always understood that each of us is entitled to a set of fundamental freedoms and protections under the law, and that when everyone gets a fair shot at opportunity, all of us do better.
Inscribed on the International UNESCO Memory of the World Register since 2009, the Charter established the right to free and fair trial, limits upon taxation, and the subjection of all citizens to the rule of law, amongst other fundamental constitutional principles that today are almost universally applied worldwide.
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Based on this premise, it is hoped that this calloboration would further strengthen universal respect for justice, the rule of law, human rights and fundamental freedoms, regardless of race, gender, language or religion.
Unless we are prepared to abandon our fundamental values altogether, the rule of law must retain its vitality in war and in peace, even when terrorists topple our buildings into rubble and senselessly murder our citizens in the American homeland.
More than 170 MEPs have called for the European Parliament's Alliance of European National Movements - which includes the BNP - to have its allowance removed, arguing that its members fail to follow "the principles of liberty, democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, and the rule of law".
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But be careful what you read, since the law has changed multiple times in fundamental ways, most recently in 2008.
Critics say this erodes the fundamental principle that both sides are equal before the law.
For instance, it entrenched in law the EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights, which gives workers the right to free job-placement help.
But many of the protesters say that women are viewed as second-class citizens, and that a fundamental change in culture and attitudes, backed up by law, is needed to protect them.
Widely considered the "Magna Carta of space law, " this treaty lays down the fundamental principle of non-appropriation and that the exploration and use of space shall be the province of all mankind.
Mr Gilman cautions that Russia's fundamental institutional problems, including the absence of much rule of law, still need to be properly addressed.
At its most fundamental, this shift is the result of Moore's Law, which holds that microprocessors double in computing power every 18 months.
The challenge will be to engage on fundamental reform and return to sound money under a rule of law that safeguards persons and property, including the property right a person has in the future value of money.
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"The main concern of my party is that the fundamental, radical flaws and difficulties in our justice system and law and order in Scotland have not been addressed in the last five years by this executive and there's nothing in this programme to suggest that these will be addressed, " she said.
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The World Conference on Human Rights reaffirms the obligation of States to ensure that persons belonging to minorities may exercise fully and effectively all human rights and fundamental freedoms without any discrimination and in full equality before the law in accordance with the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities.
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