According to the prevalent view, Montesquieu is regarded as the ' father ' of comparative law.

This view is prevalent amongst Reformed Baptists, those in the Founders movement ( a Calvinistic movement within the Southern Baptist Convention ), some Primitive Baptists, Strict Baptists, and several individuals in other Baptist associations.

However, the prevalent view among Punjabi linguists is that as in the early stages the Gurmukhī letters were primarily used by Gurmukhs, literally those who follow or face the Guru, the script came to be associated with them.

Greenberg rejected the view, prevalent among linguists since the mid-20th century, that comparative reconstruction was the only tool to discover relationships between languages.

He also criticized the prevalent view that comprehensive comparisons of two languages at a time ( which commonly take years to carry out ) could establish language families of any size.

In the latter work, which examines the subject of paleoanthropology, Bouts developed a teleological and orthogenetical view on a perfecting evolution, from the paleo-encephalical skull shapes of prehistoric man, which he considered still prevalent in criminals and savages, towards a higher form of mankind, thus perpetuating phrenology's problematic racializing of the human frame.

Following Plato, St. Augustine, for example, held the view that language was merely labels applied to already existing concepts, and this view remained prevalent throughout the Middle Ages.

Law professor Charles Lund Black took a similar position, though Stimson and Black respectively acknowledged that their views differed from the modern view, and differed from the prevalent view in academic writing.

The prevalent view today is that Rome was founded by Italics and merged with Etruscans later.

As of 2002, the latter view was prevalent in military and scientific circles, the former in NGOs, some UN agencies, and Green Parties.

Lou Mannheim as an archetype old man mentor, says early in the film, that " good things sometimes take time ", referring to IBM and Hilton — in contrast, Gekko's " Greed is Good " credo typifies the short-term view prevalent in the 1980s.

Yet, futurism continues as the prevalent view for the time being.

However in recent years, the prevalent practice has been to drink the shot without turning away from the elder ( but still using both hands to drink ), as most Koreans view the practice as archaic and a detriment to camaraderie, irrespective of the age groups involved.

They also view this tendency as the extension of an already prevalent Francophone influence on the capital region.

The prevalent view today is that Old English symbel, Old Saxon symbal, sumbal ( Old High German * sumbal ) and Old Norse sumbl, all of which translate roughly as " feast, banquet, ( social ) gathering ", continue a Common Germanic * sumlan " banquet ", which would correspond to a PIE " joint meal " or " congregation " ( literally, symposium or assembly ).

In their view the starvation was the inevitable outcome of demography and the prevalent economic theory of the day.

One prevalent view is that the sect's name was originally formed by taking one character each from the names of Dongshan and his disciple Caoshan Benji ( 曹山本寂, Tōzan Ryōkai ), and was originally called Dongcao sect ( with the characters in transposed order ).

The Dictionary attempted to put forth Bayle's view that much that was considered to be truth was actually just opinion, and that gullibility and stubbornness were prevalent.

This has been the prevalent view in the United States since the 1920s, where actors such as Fred Astaire popularized the look of the unbroken black line from neck to feet which lengthened their silhouettes on-camera.

The most prevalent is the view expressed by Vladimer Gogotishvili, who suggested distinguishing diatonic scales based on a system of perfect fourths and those based on a system of perfect fifths.

Although the view has been shown incorrect, it was the prevalent theory among paleontologists in Cope's time.

In Asian cultures, an interdependent view of the self is more prevalent.

Many of these men, as well as their Presbyterian counterparts in Ulster, had been shaped by the sectarianism that was prevalent in eighteenth century Ireland and it was no mean feat to persuade Catholic, Protestant and Dissenter to put aside their differences and view each other simply as fellow Irishmen.

Also, among the latter a large percentage soon acquire the prevalent Southern attitude on most social problems.

Endogamy was prevalent within a caste or among a limited number of castes, yet castes did not form demographic isolates according to Tamari.

While we now see with our own eyes that such operations were a habit which is prevalent among all civilized people of the west "

The most prevalent disabilities found among school age children are attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ( ADHD ), learning disability, dyslexia, and speech disorder.

Dissent is still prevalent among nearby local residents and some still maintain a silent protest against the event.

Recreational hydrocodone use is particularly prevalent among teenagers and young adults because of the drug's widespread availability.

Erinville ( which means Irishville ), Salmon River, Ogden, Bantry ( named after Bantry Bay, County Cork, Ireland but now abandoned and grown up in trees ) among others, where Irish last names are prevalent and the accent is reminiscent of the Irish as well as the music, traditions, religion ( Roman Catholic ), and the love of Ireland itself.

* Shiv: A crudely made homemade knife out of everyday materials, especially prevalent in prisons among inmates.

This sentiment was prevalent among the rally participants who opposed Hezbollah's refusal to disarm based on the claim that Lebanese and Syrian interests are linked.

Panslavist ideas were prevalent in Masoch's literary work, and he found a particular interest in depicting picturesque types among the various ethnicities that inhabited Galicia.

Humans are an exception in the natural world for consuming milk past infancy, despite the fact that many humans show some degree ( some as little as 5 %) of lactose intolerance, a characteristic that is more prevalent among individuals of African or Asian descent.

Cohabitation is much more prevalent among those with less education.

This is prevalent among Polish and Italian couples, although many other brides and grooms often incorporate it.

The circumstances in which Bolesław I took control of the country following the passing of his father, Mieszko I, forecasted what would later become a prevalent practice among the Piast dynasty.

Fluency in Latvian is prevalent among the younger generations of the minorities.

For example, studies have shown chewing betel nut is prevalent among taxi, bus and truck drivers, who rely on the stimulating effect of betel nut to cope with long work hours.

Lorenzo shares the anti-Martian prejudice prevalent among large parts of Earth's population, but he is called upon to assume the persona of the most prominent advocate for Martian enfranchisement.

Seasickness was prevalent among the troops waiting offshore.

This involved, among other things, never speaking to a German if it could be avoided ( many pretended to speak no German, though it was then almost as prevalent as English is now ) and refusing to sit beside a German on public transportation.

Some of these stressors are also experienced by heterosexual adolescents, but they have been shown to be more prevalent among gay adolescents.

Among Jews the marker is also most prevalent among Jewish Kohanim, or priests.

It is quite common and can occur briefly in anyone, although it is particularly prevalent among the elderly, and those with low blood pressure.

The migratory stomatitis in the oral cavity mucosa and the geographic tongue that confined to the dorsal and lateral aspects of the tongue mucosa, are believed to be oral manifestations of psoriasis, as being histologically identical to cutaneous psoriasis lesions and more prevalent among psoriasis patients, although these conditions are quite common in the non-psoriatic population, affecting 1 % to 2. 5 % of the general population.