Issued by state constitutions, statutes, regulations, and party rules, formal political authority helped determine which enclave actors were empowered to manage various governance tasks.
At the time the case was decided, neither the statutes nor the case law governing wills expressly prohibited such takings.
Several types of tort reform have been suggested to alleviate the "malpractice crisis," such as ceilings on jury awards and shorter statutes of limitations.
Even worse, statutes failed miserably in providing a uniform set of definitions.
However, because older statutes were rarely repealed, the books were rife with obsolete statutes.
Thus, the index is based on the most up-to-date statutes relating to the institution in question.
Neither did he acquire libraries of statutes, warrants, proclamations, or other documents relevant to government work.
Since the state legislators are legally disabled from passing statutes in violation of federal legal rules, such statutes would be declared invalid.