letter of the law versus spirit of the law

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2.066 documents for letter of the law versus spirit of the law
  • Dick Harmon perpetuates a common misunderstanding in his article referencing the "letter of the law" versus the "spirit of the law" ("Uona Kaveinga's appeal deserves to be judged by spirit of law," Aug. 14). I would expect he really meant to call on the NCAA to use mercy in its judgment rather than unemotional justice. The problem with his reference to the spirit of the law is that he infers that the spirit of the law would be more lenient than the letter -- a commonly shared reference that has no biblical support. The spirit of the law will always be tougher for people to comply with than the letter. Otherwise, it would not be the higher law. Eric Rasmussen

  • Then there are questions about what unquestionably does fall under the purview of the H-Board. What special considerations approved the Ed Mazria-designed residence on Cerro Gordo that-all respect due to Mazria's initiatives in sustainable architecture-looks, as one neighbor told me, "like a 7-Eleven?" How about the El Corazon residential development next to the post office and the convention center? One city staffer involved with preservation told me that El Corazon was obviously sub-par as far as H-Board design standards, but that concessions must have been made because of the great need for residential in the downtown area. Of course one visit to the development's Web site (www.elcorazondesantafe.com) reveals the pitch: "Vacation Real Estate In Downtown Santa Fe." It's true that not ...

    ...Writing a letter to the editor in response to something published i... to a question of the letter of the law versus the spirit of the law. Is the H-Board still workin...

  • ...] express the just aspirations of the human spirit." (43) These lofty goals were never supposed to be... distinction to apply to the domestic versus the international realm, because "[d]omestic const... is a threat to justice everywhere." Letter from Martin Luther King, Jr. to Fellow Clergymen (...

  • ... I do have a question about core mission versus maybe some of the more popular programs. Examples... You wrote a letter asking Australia to drop its requirement for exten... you've complied with the law, maybe the spirit you haven't complied with. And you know how -- it...

  • ...Graham wrote a letter to the trial court. After reciting “this is my f... might hold in store for the mind and spirit of [the convict], he will remain in prison for the... on the Taxonomy of Life-Course Persistent Versus Adolescence-Limited Antisocial Behavior, in Taking...

  • ...Instead, he suggests an antinomy of "us versus them," which he traces to Saint Paul, as a viable ... that is contested, driven by an "agonai spirit," (92) but who, at the same time, contends that th... have used the term again, this time in a letter to Jean Leonor le Gallois de Grimatest. In this le...

  • ...In the spirit of the regulation, restoration following the oil s... to lift that in mid-September through a letter from DOJ, which he did. This does -- and then at ... Versus the image on the right which is -- that broader st...

  • ... the erroneously awarded compensation, pay versus performance and pay ratios disclosure and employee... the form of interpretative and no action letters as well as exceptive relief from the provisions of... to have this pay ratio disclosure, the spirit of it, there are changes you could make to it to m...

  • ... the collection of taxes (sadaqat), the letter (kitab) commands Amr to instruct the population of..., which seems to go against the general spirit of Ata's opinion concerning the ritual sanctity of... Malik and others, for touching the mushaf versus reciting the Quran. The issue of touching the mush...

  • If I make exceptions to following God's rule, even if it is only once, there will be more exceptions that will follow." -- 14-year- old Elliot Huck, a spelling bee champion who refused earlier this year to compete on Sunday. Whether their decisions make headlines across the country or have simply become a part of how they quietly define their lives, those who choose to keep the Sabbath day holy in 2007 have likely become an American minority.

    ... buzzwords that often emphasize the "spiritual" as a superior alternative to the "religious" leav... -- struggle with loyalty to the church versus allowing their children to participate in soccer, ... with the "spirit of the law versus the letter of the law.". "We have members who have pools in t...



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