Sentences with phrase «culture shapes law»

Culture shapes law, but so too does law shape culture.

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Alternatively, and in contrast to the first two positions, there is the view that value is rooted in a «moral universe» which can be at least fairly well known and approximated by man through his rational capacities; this moral universe participates in, yet in its fullness transcends, the actual shape of culture, history and human will; and the task of moral agents is to discover and act on the principles, laws and rules that this universe contains and reveals to the discerning moral conscience.

Learn some of the common experiences around religion in colonial culture that shaped the United States» balance among national law, local practice, and individual freedom of belief.

I started by suggesting that today's dominant law firm culture has been shaped by the marketplace realities of the last half - century, which in turn was heavily influenced by demographics.

I argue this because the regime [7] offers the best means to engage with law firms about their ethical infrastructures — their management systems, their governance arrangements, their workplace cultures... We do this with the knowledge that a firm's ethical infrastructure is just as if not more important than a lawyer's character in shaping their conduct.