There would still be a need for regulation, especially where monopoly or near monopoly is involved.

a monopoly over the use of legitimate force

The order was issued by the highest judge.

Today, however, we are witnessing the failure of the Wahhabi project to monopolize Islam.

As a result, the ANC s monopoly on legitimacy is loosening.

Genoa replaced Venice in the monopoly of commerce with the Black Sea territories.

Most counted on the party s media monopoly to carry their message, such as it was Vote Lezek, a good communist.

But the key point was that the party s monopoly on power was jettisoned.

One way to combat mercenarism was for Governments to retain the monopoly of public security functions.

We do not claim a monopoly of wisdom in the field of disarmament, nuclear or otherwise.

The Solidarity union that was born in 1980 broke the Communist Party s monopoly on power.

Monopolization of political power led, in turn, to rampant cronyism and corruption, which stifled economic and social development.

Business monopoly in some sectors causes higher profit bookings and further raising of prices.

So, if a monopoly is restricting output and raising prices, regulate firms and industries.

The Soviet American duopoly had given way to a Sino American duopoly, which won a combined 20 of the medals.

And Ayatollah Khomeini challenged the Al Saud s ideological monopoly and control of Mecca and Medina.

At least since 1989, the legitimacy of the Chinese Communist Party s monopoly on power has been fragile.

The near monopoly of power once enjoyed by sovereign entities is being eroded.

It increases prices and decreases volumes even more than one comprehensive monopoly incorporating all suppliers in that chain would have done.

Opposition parties found their feet, and the PDP s power monopoly was finally broken but not obliterated.

India s corrupt elites had moved from controlling licenses to cornering newly valuable resources like land.

I don't remember being accepted for a scholarship in a Canadian University, which I turned down, so that I can remain home and serve my country.

Many blame the NDP monopoly and firm grasp of the political system for losing the people's confidence in any real change.

No one could maintain a monopoly in this area. The result would be a new arms race whose outcome would be disastrous for everyone.

A state s monopoly on the use of force is justified if citizens can rely on it to ensure their security.

The CCP s monopoly of public moral authority is long gone, and now its monopoly of political power is at risk as well.

A well ordered modern state is defined by a monopoly on the legitimate use of force, which allows domestic markets to operate.

It is generally a natural monopoly, and as a result is usually run as a public service by a public utility which is owned by local or national government.

Later this monopoly would be enforced by the Papal bulls Dum Diversas (1452) and Romanus Pontifex (1455), granting Portugal the trade monopoly for the newly discovered lands.

The separatist governments, manipulating issues of ethnic origins, attempt to monopolize the process of conflict regulation on behalf of their own clan based interests, and against the fundamental interests of their population.

In Lebanon, the danger of one community monopolizing power over others is avoided because the Lebanese constitution imposes permanent power sharing arrangements on all major communities.

Greenpeace and many others claim that GM foods merely enable big companies like Monsanto to wield near monopoly power.

The spread of information means that power will be more widely distributed, and informal networks will undercut the monopoly of traditional bureaucracy.

Palestinian Authority President Abbas reiterated his commitment to working towards one authority, one gun a clear pledge to assert the Palestinian Authority's monopoly on the use of force.

That way, the power of competitive markets can ensure that, once a drug is developed, it is made available at the lowest possible price not at an inflated monopoly price.

The spread of information means that informal networks are undercutting the monopoly of traditional bureaucracy, with all governments less able to control their agendas.

After all, even though Microsoft has a monopoly of primary sales of its software, copies sold in 2007 compete with those sold in 2006.

Have you forgotten the monopoly of Ahmed Ezz, who everyone asserts was the front for Alaa and Gamal Mubarak who have now discarded him as a scapegoat, and escaped to London leaving their father for us?

The separatist governments, manipulating issues of ethnic origins, attempt to monopolize the process of conflict regulation on behalf of their own clan based interests, and against the fundamental interests of their population.

Mr. Boolell (Mauritius), replying to question 21, said that the Independent Broadcasting Authority had been created after the dissolution of the State monopoly, to ensure fair and ethical broadcasting practices.

But the most urgent problem stems from the breakdown of major countries one time nuclear monopoly and the empowerment of smaller countries like North Korea, Pakistan, Israel, and, quite possibly, Iran.

This unusually assertive stance reflects rising frustration among Christians, as well as the secular and liberal opposition, with the Muslim Brotherhood s power monopoly.

There they established some of Brazil's first financial institutions, such as its local stock exchanges, a National Bank, and ended the monopoly of the colony trade with Portugal, opening it to other nations.

SSR in such a situation can be understood as Security Sector Reconstruction, as the state's monopoly on the use of force and effective and efficient structures needs to be rebuilt.

This is particularly possible in cases of infrastructure and utilities development projects, where the provision of the products and or services in question gives rise to a natural monopoly.