function hasPermission($Role, $Permission)
	{
		$Res = Jf::sql ( "
					SELECT COUNT(*) AS Result
					FROM {$this->tablePrefix()}rolepermissions AS TRel
					JOIN {$this->tablePrefix()}permissions AS TP ON ( TP.ID= TRel.PermissionID)
					JOIN {$this->tablePrefix()}roles AS TR ON ( TR.ID = TRel.RoleID)
					WHERE TR.Lft BETWEEN
					(SELECT Lft FROM {$this->tablePrefix()}roles WHERE ID=?)
					AND
					(SELECT Rght FROM {$this->tablePrefix()}roles WHERE ID=?)
					/* the above section means any row that is a descendants of our role (if descendant roles have some permission, then our role has it two) */
					AND TP.ID IN (
					SELECT parent.ID
					FROM {$this->tablePrefix()}permissions AS node,
					{$this->tablePrefix()}permissions AS parent
					WHERE node.Lft BETWEEN parent.Lft AND parent.Rght
					AND ( node.ID=? )
					ORDER BY parent.Lft
					);
					/*
					the above section returns all the parents of (the path to) our permission, so if one of our role or its descendants
					has an assignment to any of them, we're good.
					*/
					", $Role, $Role, $Permission );
		return $Res [0] ['Result'] >= 1;
	}