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The political culture reflected a simple principle: “no taxation, no representation.”
And with many advanced economies at a critical juncture, with unconscionable levels of inequality threatening to shred the very fabric of democratic politics, “equity for the poor” is an economic principle whose time has come.
For starters, development financiers must follow a do-no-harm principle: regardless of its potential economic benefits, development should never jeopardize people’s lives and basic human rights.
The term “international system” tends to refer to the first half of this international order: the complex web of multilateral institutions that operate under international treaty law and seek to govern the global commons on the basis of the principle of shared sovereignty.
However, while Pakistan's progressives oppose militarism and violence in principle, religious fundamentalists have no compunction in resorting to violence to reinforce their point of view - thus posing a threat not just to General Musharraf, who has survived at least two assassination attempts, but also to human rights workers.
For human rights activists, it is ironic that an elected (but basically military-led) government that they oppose in principle should be undertaking reforms they have long advocated, but that elected civilian governments ignored.
It is also a matter of democratic principle that laws are written in the language of every land where they apply.
To be sure, in EU institutions’ public and ceremonial meetings, interpretation and translation must be equally available, at least in principle, from every language into every other.
The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF), an international initiative launched eight years ago, is based on the principle that local communities themselves are the best trustees of the environment that surrounds them, and that their economic growth will advance their capacity to care for nature.
By focusing on “biodiversity hotspots” – regions with unique and highly threatened natural environments – the CEPF relies on the common-sense principle that protecting what nature provides for free is a crucial element of sustainable economic development.
Massive government interventions during the crisis have undermined this principle, and have probably already destroyed much of the inherited wealth.
When Justine Greening, one of May’s recently sacked cabinet ministers, became the first senior Conservative to propose this option, the objections raised to it were no longer about the principle of a second referendum, but about the difficulty of deciding the right question and method of casting votes.
In Lima, he argued that the so-called “separation principle,” whereby monetary and financial stability are addressed differently and tasked to separate agencies, no longer makes sense.
So let central banks stick to the separation principle, “which makes our life simple.
If his administration has any organizing principle, it seems to be that of the revolving door: in one moment, out the next.
The two main pillars of fiscal policy passed since December contravene the fundamental design principle of countercyclicality.
But the Supreme Court's rulings affirm the fundamental principle that even grave dangers do not warrant the sort of blanket deference to which the Bush Administration believes it is entitled whenever it utters the words "war" and "terrorism."
At the same time, the adoption of the principle of freedom of movement within Europe has triggered massive, but largely unnoticed, intra-European migration flows.
Welfare states are defined by the principle that those who enjoy above-average income pay more taxes and contributions than what they get back in the form of public services, while those with below-average earnings pay less than they receive.
That’s why Cameron is demanding a limitation of the inclusion principle, even for intra-European economic migrants.
There is indeed much to be said for frontloading the home-country principle in EU rules: a migrant’s country of origin should continue to be responsible for providing social benefits for a certain number of years, until the inclusion principle is applied.
The home-country principle would usually be impossible to apply in these cases.
In the absence of global citizenship, it may be best to retain the principle that citizenship is not to be revoked without a judicial hearing.
How Safe Substances Become DangerousPALO ALTO – Since the development of the science of toxicology in the sixteenth century, its guiding principle has been that “the dose makes the poison.”
The principle even applies to foods: Large amounts of nutmeg or licorice are notoriously toxic.
Job placement would remain a problem, but the principle is sound: the world should learn from the World Cup.
But he and Sharif did agree “in principle” to form a government.
But the principle at stake is simple: A parent company must be held responsible for overseeing the actions of those representing it.
Here the UN must reaffirm its “responsibility to protect” doctrine, not as a justification for military intervention, but as a fundamental principle agreed by all countries: governments must protect their citizens.
In principle, of course, conflict between Taiwan and the Mainland is not inevitable.
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