The Court decided that the statute did not intend to restrict adoption to legal spouses only, that safeguarding the child was its " general intent and spirit ", and that adoption by a second woman was therefore permissible.
32.
While there is a general intent to expand this process to ensure review by subject experts in a more formal way, possibly through the use of an elected Board, consensus on how to achieve this has not been reached.
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The general intent of the ESIGN Act is spelled out in the very first section ( 101 . a ), that a contract or signature may not be denied legal effect, validity, or enforceability solely because it is in electronic form .
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The lower court had applied the " Leary rule " from " Leary v . The Queen " [ 1978 ] which held that intoxication akin to insanity could not negate mens rea for " general intent " crimes such as sexual assault.
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The Quebec Court of Appeal overturned the acquittal ruling that intoxication to the point of automatism cannot negate the mens rea requirement for a general intent offence ( i . e . offences where mens rea can be implied from the commission of the act ).
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:: I believe that the general intent of such legislation is to balance the right of individuals to free speech ( in general ) with the right of individuals to freedom from assault, and the state's wider responsibility to maintain public order.
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The Court held, 6 to 3, that the absence of a defence for a general intent offence on the basis of intoxication akin to insanity or automatism violated section 7 and 11 ( d ) of the Charter, and could not be saved under section 1.
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While there is a general intent to expand this process to allow for review by subject experts, the preparations for this are not yet complete . "'Please consider reviewing someone else's article too, if you request yours :-) "'
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"It definitely goes against the general intent of Congress, which is to stop gifts, stop material compensation that might influence a member's vote or consideration in committee, " says James Thurber, director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University.
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"It definitely goes against the general intent of Congress, which is to stop gifts, stop material compensation that might influence a member's vote or consideration in committee, " said James Thurber, director of American University's Center for Presidential and Congressional Studies.
