Word: intentionalism
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...reclaim them. In her will, Bloch-Bauer, who died in 1925, left the pictures to her husband but asked that they eventually be given to the museum. When Altmann first asserted her claim for restitution in 1998, Viennese officials argued that Austria had honored the original owner's intent. But Altmann said that the paintings rightfully still belonged to her family and that when her aunt made her "request," she could not have imagined that they would end up in the hands of a government that participated in the Holocaust. In 1998 Altmann wrote to an advisory board...
...over a dozen in two centuries. The President's basic legislative weapon, after all, is the veto power given him by the founders. He can use the power as leverage to affect legislation or kill it. But he cannot legislate himself or interpret the law counter to Congress's intent. Signing statements were therefore relatively rare instances of presidential nuance or push-back. In eight years, Ronald Reagan used signing statements to challenge 71 legislative provisions, and Bill Clinton...
...season of Christmas and in Jesus' family. I am grateful for the article. In contemplating Joseph's role, you quoted author Jerry Jenkins, who got it just right: "We can make him work for whatever we want him to work for, as long as we stay within the intent of Scripture." Let us explore Joseph's hidden virtues. Ramon C. Santos Jr. Pasig City, the Philippines...
...fundamental principle of statutory interpretation "is that a statute must be interpreted according to the intent of the Legislature ascertained from all its words construed by the ordinary and approved usage of the language, considered in connection with the cause of its enactment, the mischief or imperfection to be remedied and the main object to be accomplished, to the end that the purpose of its framers may be effectuated." Hanlon v. Rollins, 286 Mass. 444, 447 (1934). See Sullivan v. Brookline, 435 Mass. 353, 360 (2001). Courts must ascertain the intent of a statute from all its parts and from...
...towards the three European countries with which it had been negotiating. Tehran insists on exercising its right to enrich uranium as part of a civilian nuclear energy program, but the same technology would allow Iran to build a nuclear weapon - and the Western powers don't trust Iran's intent. Breaking the seals at Natanz is either an exercise in brinkmanship designed to improve Iran's bargaining position, or else it reflects a decision to break out of the framework it had been negotiating with the European Union and accelerate its pursuit of the technological capability to build a nuclear...