1.   In solus agreements efficiency of distribution, and in cases concerning sporting organisations the proper promotion of the sport, have been held to be interests meriting protection.

2.   Many, but not all, Catholics believe that from the moment of conception the embryo merits full protection as a person.

3.   Prisoners of war also merit legal protections not available to the Guantanamo detainees.

4.   The atlas will help officials identify land that might merit special protection because it is home to endangered species or a large variety of herp species, she said.

5.   The issue boiled down into what constitutes a human life form that merits legal protection?