31.   Members of the World Trade Organization agreed last year that governments should have the flexibility to override patent laws under certain circumstances.

32.   The decree overrides existing law and allows district courts to order the extradition of suspects indicted by the tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands.

33.   The justices said that law is overridden by a federal law governing employee benefit plans, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

34.   Under the constitution, the national Parliament cannot override state laws.

35.   He will have the power to issue regulations and orders that override local laws, and all authorities such as courts and police must obey his directives.

36.   Initially, the Federal Court found the Victorian state laws were overridden by the Commonwealth Sex Discrimination Act.

37.   But he said Westminster-style governments could not function if groups tried to override the law of a properly elected parliament.