1.   A democratic society, feeling threatened, may put aside legal norms and adopt authoritarian measures.

2.   But his indifference to legal norms and tolerance for political violence raise concerns that he might one day lead Haiti back to dictatorship.

3.   How can an ideal be respected if, at the same time, there are no legal norms to enforce adherence?

4.   So, yes, let us grill Ashcroft and President Bush every time they propose deviating from our legal norms.

5.   The bet, though, is that the spread of legal norms will be hard to control.

6.   The notion that the summary trial and quick execution violated legal norms and civil rights was beyond the concern of the men.

7.   A life sentence is the legal norm for crimes against humanity.

8.   A Paris court ruled that legal norms had not been respected in the raid on the Tiberi apartment.

9.   Borer said the decision had been taken in accordance with legal norms.

10.   In some cases decrees that were created by the executive power turned out to be in contradiction to higher legal norms.