Sentences with phrase «about civil justice»

Also, all parties seem agreed that this is not something they need to pay much attention to — and have agreed not to say that much about civil justice at all.

«Practitioners and Scholars in Dialogue: What do we know about the civil justice system?»

At the PopTort, we love finding fissures in the conservative movement and its generally disparaging views about the civil justice system.

He says disputes will arise from the 2014 global oil price drop which had a major impact on Angola's economy, and remains pessimistic about the civil justice system's ability to cope, but sees a window for arbitration to fill the gap:

At a minimum, they should be able to obtain basic information about the civil justice system and early summary advice as to whether it makes sense to pursue or defend a case.

But back in November 2002, we were not very happy with a piece Andy did called «I'm Going To Sue,» which was full of so many inaccuracies and inflamed rhetoric about the civil justice system that he may as well had the U.S. Chamber of Commerce or American Tort Reform Association substituting as guest commentator.

But much to my surprise yesterday's paper had a great article about our civil justice system tucked in between a recipe for minimalist tacos and the discussion of dry Rieslings.

Meanwhile, not the same can be said for Morley Safer, who also in 2002 did a disgraceful piece about the civil justice system in Mississippi.

Like the organization from which it comes, The Pop Tort follows the news with an eye towards busting big - business myths about civil justice, laced with generous helpings of sarcasm and irony.

Help us, readers, come us with a neutral phrase for the often - acrimonious discussion about civil justice in the United States.

Can something similar be said about the civil justice system?

Since 1998, the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice has developed a number of online resources and databases which are designed to increase understanding about the civil justice system, and ultimately to improve access to civil and family justice.

You may have already heard about this next medical malpractice horror story, but it's oddly similar to a Nevada story we've been telling you about (here, here, here) and there's an interesting article about its civil justice implications in today's Denver Post, so we thought we'd add our two cents.

In 2011, a colloquium was held at the U of T law school which lead to Middle Income Access to Justice, a collection of essays about civil justice issues from Canada, Britain, the United States, and Australia.

Not exact matches

In January, the Department of Justice announced that McKesson had settled, for $ 150 million, civil claims that from 2008 to 2013 the company had failed to warn the DEA about the large number of suspicious orders of highly addictive painkillers it had shipped to certain parts of the country.

«Given some of his past statements and his staunch opposition to immigration reform, I am very concerned about what he would do with the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice and want to hear what he has to say,» incoming Democratic Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York said in a statement.

The Trade Justice Network (TJN) is a network comprised of environmental, labour, cultural, farming, social justice and other civil society organizations that aims to raise awareness about free trade agreements and advocates for a more sustainable, fair and socially just international trade Justice Network (TJN) is a network comprised of environmental, labour, cultural, farming, social justice and other civil society organizations that aims to raise awareness about free trade agreements and advocates for a more sustainable, fair and socially just international trade justice and other civil society organizations that aims to raise awareness about free trade agreements and advocates for a more sustainable, fair and socially just international trade regime.

The Trade Justice Network is a network comprised of environmental, civil society, cultural, farming, labour and social justice organizations that aims to raise awareness about free trade agreements and their implicJustice Network is a network comprised of environmental, civil society, cultural, farming, labour and social justice organizations that aims to raise awareness about free trade agreements and their implicjustice organizations that aims to raise awareness about free trade agreements and their implications.

The DNC may have concerns about exactly how much justice and / or transparency it is going to obtain under the criminal probe into the same matter by Special Counsel Robert Mueller and wants its own civil RICO action to move forward in case the former turns out to be a dud investigation.

I may be Catholic, but I'm not a maniac about it, runs their unofficial subtext — meaning: I'm happy to take credit for enlightened Catholic positions on the death penalty / social justice / civil rights, but of course I don't believe in those archaic teachings about divorce / homosexuality / and above all birth control.

• Note this, from the announcement of a press call on the unions» desired card - check legislation, when the bill was before Congress: «Prominent interfaith leaders, including Rev. Jim Wallis of Sojourners, Kim Bobo of Interfaith Worker Justice, Bishop Greg Rickel, and Rabbi Mordechai Liebling, will hold a press conference call to talk about restoring workers» freedom to organize as a moral imperative and civil and human right.»

This is about law, about justice and fairness, about equality under the law and our civil and human rights goddammit!

I just knew intuitively that something was seriously wrong with studying theology during the peak of the civil rights era and never once reading a book about racial justice in America or talking about it in class.

Remember Justice Kennedy's astonishing words in Lawrence v. Texas about the word liberty in our Constitution, the words which will serve to justify the emerging right to same - sex marriage and even the deconstruction of civil marriage itself as an oppressive constraint on the individual:

He famously told a group of students who asked about the virtual civil war then underway, «I believe in justice, but I will defend my mother before justice.»

Oral arguments are scheduled to take place in the U.S. Court of Appeals on Thursday in a years - long civil litigation over the U.S. Department of Justice's failure to fully release under FOIA records about the prosecution of activists over their activism.

«If you don't believe this election is important, if you think you can sit it out, take a moment to think about the Supreme Court justices that Donald Trump would nominate and what that would mean to civil liberties, equal rights and the future of our country,» Sanders said.

Also, the biggest liberal concerns about Islamist practices and abuses involve matters that can only be implemented with majority control of the government (e.g. excessive use of corporal punishment in the criminal justice system), but which are much less harmful to non-Muslims, at least, when Muslims can only enforce their ideologies on co-religionists and can only do so via institutions of civil society rather than institutions of coercive government control.

The board voted unanimously Tuesday to establish the position of Justice Court Director with a civil service salary scale that sets entry level pay at about $ 63,000 and increases to more than $ 74,000 in five years.

Dukes said Moskowitz had «hijacked the language of civil rights» when she said at a protest less than a mile away that the denial of an additional co-location at the school was about «educational justice.»

Easy talk about liberty and «British values» while Britain repeatedly ratchets up the criminal justice system, repeatedly encroaches on civil liberties, undermines legal aid and spends like there is no tomorrow on police and prisons.

«I am thrilled for this opportunity to continue addressing the issues I so deeply care about — criminal and social justice, honest government, national security, civil rights, and corporate accountability, to name a few.»

I'm 32, I'm a Leo, I'm Russian, Anglo - Saxon and Serbo - Croatian I am a very open minded and non-judgmental man I'm romantic and passionate about life, I enjoy reading, art both creating and observing I'm an independent artist and die - hard social justice advocate for civil rights movements

NYC About Blog New York Personal Injury Law Blog by Eric Turkewitz, is an attorney's blog on New York personal injury law, medical malpractice, the civil justice system and cases of interest.

Framing the unfinished work as a radical narration about race in America, Peck matches Baldwin's lyrical rhetoric with rich archival footage of the Civil Rights and Black Power movements, and connects these historical struggles for justice and equality to the present - day movements that have taken shape in response to the killings of young African - American men including Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice, Mike Brown, and Amir Brooks.

Civil society activists in Cambodia are also extremely concerned about issues of land tenure, decent work and justice.

If you see education reform as a social justice or civil rights crusade, you will care mightily about whether every charter is educating its share of kids with disabilities and whether enough «people of color» are running these schools.

The egregious disparities revealed in the pages that follow transform concerns about educational policy that allows frequent disciplinary removal into a profound matter of civil rights and social justice.

The civil rights movement was about dignity, justice, and...

Historically, the Civil rights struggle in education was all about justice, and it was understood that justice was impossible so long as social equality was denied.

Full of original research and interviews with many personally involved, this book goes into detail about the murder of three civil rights workers in Mississippi during the summer of 1964 and how the perpetrators were brought to at least partial justice.

The United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Disability Rights Section provides a helpful document that gives answers to frequently asked questions about service animals and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

In each of their essays, the curators weave art - historical narratives into narratives about the South as a center of slavery, ongoing racism, and social justice: analyses of the assemblages of Southern artists Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns, or the color photography of William Eggleston and William Christenberry, mix with accounts of the civil rights movements and racial violence.

It was not just a well - planned civil disobedience, but a statement about the need for a unified climate justice focused deal to help vulnerable communities in their struggles.

The Rivertown Kids Chorus sings with folk icon Pete Seeger about civil rights, social justice, cleaning up the Hudson River, global warming and the power of one person to create community and make great changes in the world.

In December 2010, Attorney General Eric Holder called King a father of the environmental justice movement and urged everyone to think about the environment as a civil rights issue — because minority and low income populations have the same right to be free of health hazards posed by unsustainable practices as everyone else.

The Rio +20 People's Summit for Social and Environmental Justice was the counter event to the official conference, both symbolically and physically: it was organized by global civil society to condemn the lack of action of the past 20 years and to coordinate efforts from different segments, and it took place about two hours away from Riocentro.

But last week, over 60 international civil society groups at Cochabamba's alternative climate summit lent their collective voices in a grassroots campaign to unanimously oppose geoengineering and are urging the public to join with Hands Off Mother Earth (H.O.M.E.) by «lending a hand» in their photo petition.With support from environmental and social justice luminaries like David Suzuki, Vandana Shiva, Maude Barlow, Naomi Klein, Herman Daly and Frances Moore - Lappé, the petition hopes to raise more public awareness about the issue prior to the next climate change convention slated for December.

The environmental justice lobby's concerns about local air pollution are justified: A new report by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights acknowledges that low - income and minority communities face disproportionately high air pollution.

The survey's executive summary contrasts voters» concern about corporations with what it describes as their «muted response» to criticisms frequently leveled against the civil justice system.