That the New York criminal code includes no statute specifically aimed at human trafficking further complicates their efforts, they said.

Yesterday, five nurses who had tended to Mr. Barron were indicted on charges of criminal neglect for violating a statute aimed at protecting the elderly.

FARA is one of several federal statutes aimed at individuals called foreign agents (see, e.g., 18 U.S.C. 951; Public Law 893, 50 U.S.C. 851-857; and 18 U.S.C. 2386.)

Courts have also been reluctant to strike down statutes aimed at protecting children.

Mr. Salzman blamed the Jackson-Vanik law, a cold-war statute aimed at Communist countries not allowing free emigration.

The upshot is that the court today holds that a regulatory statute aimed at unsafe drugs and devices does not authorize regulation of a drug (nicotine) and a device (a cigarette) that the court itself finds unsafe.

At the same time, Hero announced a modification of its statutes aimed at strengthening what it called its "shark repellent" against unfriendly takeovers.

In my view the legal basis for all future legal statutes aimed at liberalisation of the postal market should be article 100.

And Russian Orthodox leaders this week approved statutes aimed at reclaiming some religious functions from the state.