They habitually disregarded the terms of the constitution, and, even when the elections that they rigged went against them, the directors routinely used draconian police measures to quell dissent.

Enforcement measures became increasingly draconian, and unrest grew and culminated in a number of Poll Tax Riots.

Though Dubček wanted to keep control of the reform movement, he refused to resort to any draconian measures to do so.

Despite the draconian measures instituted by Mao's regime to instill literary uniformity, novels of great quality were produced.

To gain cooperation from Indonesian population and to prevent resistance to these draconian measures, the Japanese put Sukarno as head of Tiga-A mass organisation movement.

In criminal law, it refers to punishment, torture, victimization, draconian measures, and cruel and unusual punishment.

Colon extremists took every opportunity to persuade the French government of the need for draconian measures against the emergent independence movement.

* Abolishing many of the old draconian measures and making travel free for Maldivians.

" He gradually lifted Rákosi's more draconian measures against free speech and movement, and also eased some restrictions on cultural activities.

A powerful minister, he was central to the state's policies, including those on military conquest, draconian centralization of state control, standardization of weights, measures and the written script, and persecution of Confucianism and opponents of Legalism.

The United States might respond with draconian measures scaling back civil liberties, allowing wider surveillance of citizens, detention of suspects and use of deadly force.

For example, von Manstein issued an order on 20 November 1941: his version of the infamous " Reichenau Order ", which equated " partisans " and " Jews " and called for draconian measures against them.

Many of the measures taken after the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington, D. C., which were enacted in the name of counterterrorism, amounted to draconian restrictions on refugees and other immigrants, unlawful detention, and torture.

He supported draconian measures to improve security, including the removal of scientists with " questionable " backgrounds, including many who had played major roles in the wartime research.

SAPS has also been implicated in draconian policing measures.

In order to maximize profits, enterprises now had to take draconian measures to cut expenses and ensure profits for the shareholders.

As the tariff bill moved toward final confirmation, various Senators, notably Reed Smoot of Utah, attempted to restore Section 305 to its original state, while others proposed further draconian measures.

" On 1 March 1942, he ( Roatta ) circulated a pamphlet entitled ' 3C ' among his commanders that spelled out military reform and draconian measures to intimidate the Slav populations into silence by means of summary executions, hostage-taking, reprisals, internments and the burning of houses and villages.

The paper ’ s liberal credentials were to be fiercely challenged by the apartheid government which acted ruthlessly to crush all extra-parliamentary opposition during what is sometimes referred to in liberation circles as “ the silent sixties ” – a time when banning orders, imprisonment without trial and other draconian measures silenced most forms of opposition.

The matter of U. S. A. v Griffiths has been cited as an example of how bilateral arrangements can lead to undesirable effects such as a loss of sovereignty and the introduction of draconian measures.

However, according to the Inquisitor António Amaral Coutinho's letter to the Portuguese monarch João V in 1731, these draconian measures did not meet with success.

* The sanctions provisions ( Article 4 ) has been hastily put together and contains draconian measures poorly suited to intellectual property infringements.

When queried on the amendments by the press, Cass said " Yes, these are drastic, draconian measures that in some ways are really unbelievable in a country that has an English common law system.

However, his dying pleas for humanity to leave Venus alone are dismissed by his employers as unfortunate dementia caused by his desperate situation, and instead the crystal mining company decides to use draconian measures to annihilate the lizardmen completely.

Wertham described the Comics Code as inadequate, while most in the industry found it draconian.

The money has come from a combination of draconian cuts over the last two years, tough bargaining with industry and a one per cent increase in the equipment budget.

In the United Kingdom, boarding houses were typically run by landladies, some of whom maintained draconian authority in their houses: the residents might not be allowed to remain on the premises during the daytime and could be subject to rigorous rules and regulations, stridently enforced.

It was during this time at Auschwitz that Aumeier made a name for himself, he was responsible for many draconian methods, including tortures, beatings, and executions.

Fine Gael had to jettison its plans for tax-cuts in the run-up to the election and a draconian mid-year budget was introduced almost immediately.

In their initial statement, the Court suggested Larson's previous ruling was " draconian " and had gone too far in awarding ownership of the entire Bratz franchise to Mattel.

In 1939 it enacted the Offences against the State Act, for the prosecution of illegal armed groups ; an act just as draconian as any legislation previous administrations had passed.

By the 7th century BC social unrest had become widespread, and the Areopagus appointed Draco to draft a strict new code of law ( hence the word ' draconian ').

His strategies had provoked descriptions like " rapacious ," " heartless " and " Attila-the-Hun " -- largely driven by the draconian practices he engaged in with acquired companies, although these tactics were legal in the State of New York.

Despite the success, Larionov resisted Tikhonov's draconian coaching style and the Soviet system that had a tight grip on the players ' personal lives.

In response to General Khanh ’ s political manoeuvres the South Vietnamese people, predominately Buddhists, held large demonstrations in the cities calling for an end to the draconian laws which had limited the people ’ s political freedom.

While these changes were not as draconian as many had feared ( for example, one of the most popular cars for road rallies at this time was the Mk II Ford Escort, usually fitted with a 2-litre + high performance engine-many thought these would be banned in favour of a maximum capacity limit of 1300cc or even 1100cc ), the changes had a dramatic impact.

Duke Xiao approved of the draconian punishment and Si's tutors, Prince Qian and Gongsun Jia, had their noses cut off, for neglecting their duties in educating the crown prince, while Ying Si was banished from the royal palace.

" A Quiet Opening: North Koreans in a Changing Media Environment " a study commissioned by the U. S. State Department and conducted by Intermedia and released May 10, 2012 shows that despite extremely strict regulations and draconian penalties North Koreans, particularly elite elements, have increasing access to news and other media outside the state-controlled media authorized by the government.

However, several draconian security laws remained in effect, meaning that the substance ( if not the form ) of the state of siege was still in place.

The word draconian derives from Draco's laws.

Known for its harshness, draconian has come to refer to similarly unforgiving rules or laws.

But Mirabeau died on 2 April 1791 and, before the end of the year, the new Legislative Assembly adopted this draconian measure.

According to this tale, it was composed in order to persuade the Council of Trent that a draconian ban on the polyphonic treatment of text in sacred music ( as opposed, that is, to a more directly intelligible homophonic treatment ) was unnecessary.

This was possible only because in the fall of 2001, Karzai was able to successfully lead one of the largest southern Afghanistan tribes against the draconian rule of the Taliban.

For peasants, Qin maintained vigilant mutual surveillance over one another under threat of death, with draconian punishments being meted out for the slightest of offenses, and even nobles and royals were not spared.

Legalism advocated a highly authoritarian government based on draconian punishments and laws.

Rapid economic growth fueled by foreign credits gradually gave way to wrenching austerity and severe political repression, which became increasingly draconian through the 1980s.

Contributory negligence has been widely criticized as being too draconian, in that a plaintiff whose fault was comparatively minor might recover nothing from a more egregiously irresponsible defendant.

He has also increased contacts with the West, which is eager for access to the country's natural gas riches-but fears were mounting that the government would revert to Niyazov's draconian style of rule.

Paley's famous, and controversial, fable of the pigeons, which has a strong criticism of the system of property ownership and of the draconian means used to defend it-the Bloody Code-is found in Book III of Principles.

It features a man ( McCulloch ) who works at a draconian sausage factory and falls in love with a woman who works there kissing the boxes so they have the company's lipstick logo.

The British prepared a plan from 1942 onwards, assigning a number of quite junior civil servants to head the administration of liberated territory in the rear of the Armies, with draconian powers to remove from their post, in both public and private domains, anyone suspected, usually on behavioural grounds, of harbouring Nazi sympathies.

A number of Greek Cypriots rebelled on Cyprus, in return the Ottoman rulers of Cyprus tried to keep control by using draconian means of suppression.

Homologation saw many out-and-out racing cars produced in sufficient quantities to see them classed as production vehicles ; the FIA responded by placing more restrictions on even the allegedly production-based cars and placed draconian limits on the power available to prototypes – these prototypes of the late 1960s / early 1970s were comfortably quicker than contemporary Grand Prix machinery and for 1972 they were constrained to run much smaller engines to F1 rules, often detuned for endurance.

It follows from the principle of the rule of law that even draconian laws must be followed and enforced ; if one disagrees with the result, one must seek to change the law.

Spanish Roman Catholic priests were only marginally successful in converting the Hopi and persecuted them in a draconian manner for adhering to Hopi religious practices.

The insurrections at Viterbo in 1836, in various parts of the Legations in 1840, at Ravenna in 1843 and Rimini in 1845, were followed by wholesale executions and draconian sentences of hard labour and exile, but they did not bring the unrest within the Papal States under the control of the authorities.