The rationale behind this treaty, which has been ratified or acceded to by 165 countries as of 2011, is to prevent a biological attack which could conceivably result in large numbers of civilian fatalities and cause severe disruption to economic and societal infrastructure.

The valuable concepts behind RDP practice, in a short time provided the rationale for applicability of it in industries.

" badge with a character resembling Mickey Mouse in reference to the in popular culture rationale behind the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998

The rationale behind the tripartite structure is creation of free and open debate among governments and social partners.

According to Metcalfe, the rationale behind the sale of networking cards was that ( 1 ) the cost of the network was directly proportional to the number of cards installed, but ( 2 ) the value of the network was proportional to the square of the number of users.

Common law courts generally explain in detail the legal rationale behind their decisions, with citations of both legislation and previous relevant judgments, and often an exegesis of the wider legal principles.

The rationale behind indexing stems from five concepts of financial economics:

The rationale behind Segal's reasoning was that it is disrespectful to combine a Name of God with another word.

The rationale behind the exclusionary rule is that if the police know evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment cannot be used to convict someone of a crime, they will not violate it.

" She further noted that " a lot of the time the creationists ... they'll search through scientific journals and try to pull out something they think demonstrates evolution doesn't work and there is a kind of interesting rationale behind it.

There is no accepted scientific rationale behind dowsing, and there is no scientific evidence that it is effective.

Rawlings, however, responded to such criticism by restating the PNDC strategy and the rationale behind it:

While searching for her cousin, Isis meets Rastas, policemen, white power skinheads, and other characters of a sort she has never encountered before, and tells the story of the cult and the rationale behind its rules.

Similarly, some organic farmers question the rationale behind the ban on the use of genetically engineered seed because they view this kind of biotechnology consistent with organic principles.

Although the rationale behind his ( and Garry Kasparov's ) " classical " title is that the title should change hands by challenge match rather than by tournament, Kramnik stated that he would recognize the winner of this tournament as being the world champion.

The rationale behind having a five-year expiry date is that it is also the maximum amount of time that the Parliament or legislature may sit before an election must be called.

Richard Frye makes the argument that Khosrau's rationale behind his numerous wars with the Byzantine empire as well as the eastern Hephthalites was to establish the Sassanian dominance on this trade route.

The rationale behind this decision is that further testing ( specifically CT angiogram of the chest ) may cause more harm ( from radiation exposure and contrast dye ) than the risk of PE.

" The rationale behind issue preclusion is the prevention of legal harassment and the prevention of abuse of judicial resources.

The rationale behind these laws is that sometimes, especially with the death of a parent or in a family that has undergone divorce, the children may not have the opportunity to have contact with the non-custodial parent and his relatives, thus fostering continued familial bonds.

A 2006 article in The Wall Street Journal discusses the rationale behind its strategic placement in rural Alabama.

TV stations and tabloid newspaper reviewers celebrated her comeback while other publications and reviewers questioned the rationale behind Leandros ' performance of songs from a political composer like Theodorakis.

The rationale behind them is to obtain economies of scale and pass some ( or all ) of these savings on to the customer.

* Area Forecast Discussion ( AFD ) – a semi-technical product primarily for explaining the scientific rationale behind a forecast and to summarize current watches / warnings / advisories in effect.

Their artistic rationale is given to the witness of unreason.

The recent publicity attending the successful federal prosecution of a conspiracy indictment against a number of electrical manufacturers has evoked a new respect for the anti-trust laws that is justified neither by their rationale nor by the results they have obtained.

The rationale for this is the defendant's right to silence.

The stated rationale for cryonics is that people who are considered dead by current legal or medical definitions may not necessarily be dead according to the more stringent information-theoretic definition of death.

A typical legal rationale for protecting the consumer is based on the notion of policing market failures and inefficiencies, such as inequalities of bargaining power between a consumer and a business.

The New York Times reported in September 1906 on the rationale for the changes: " The main efforts of the football reformers have been to ' open up the game '— that is to provide for the natural elimination of the so-called mass plays and bring about a game in which speed and real skill shall supersede so far as possible mere brute strength and force of weight.

The game design rationale for requiring the snap to be a quick and continuous motion to the backfield is to eliminate the need for rules provisions for a live ball in scrimmage.

; in most cases the purported rationale is lower current ( less heat ) and or matched ion mobilities, which leads to longer buffer life.

Thus, if there is no alternate rationale for prosecuting some people more harshly for the same crime based on who the victim is, then different defendants are treated unequally under the law, which violates the United States Constitution.

According to Hezbollah's Deputy-General, Na ' im Qasim, the struggle against Israel is a core belief of Hezbollah and the central rationale of Hezbollah's existence.

# Utilitarian-Pragmatic Argument: according to this rationale, a society that protects private property is more effective and prosperous than societies that do not.

The rationale for the differential treatment goes to the heart of the risk a life insurer takes: Old people are likely to die sooner than young people, so the risk of loss ( the insured's death ) is greater in any given period of time and therefore the risk premium must be higher to cover the greater risk.

A principal of the rationale for the degree punishment meted out is that the punishment should fit the crime.

Today, mental incapacity as a defense, when successfully raised, absolves a defendant in a criminal trial from liability, that is to say it applies public policies in relation to criminal responsibility by applying a rationale of compassion, accepting that it is morally wrong to subject a person to punishment if that person is deprived permanently or temporarily of the capacity to form a necessary mental intent that the definition of a crime requires.

The dominant rationale used to explain M & A activity is that acquiring firms seek improved financial performance.

The rationale for the rule is straightforward.

Their rationale was that P2P is mostly used to share illegal content, and their infrastructure is not designed for continuous, high-bandwidth traffic.

Complementing that is the Book of Order which gives the rationale and description for the organization and function of the Church at all levels.

Their rationale is that so many Jews were lost during the Holocaust that newcomers must be sought out and welcomed.