Sentences with phrase «advocating particular positions»

So accustomed were they to advocating a particular position or applying an outcome in their judicial capacity, the skills in allowing parties to come to their own resolution, while at the same time assisting in the process, were new to them.

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Examples are: — the advocacy of a position which the advocate knows or believes to be false or misleading — the advocacy of a position which the advocate does not know to be true, and has not performed rigorous due diligence to ensure the truthfulness of the position — the conscious omission of aspects of the truth known or believed to be relevant in the particular context.

Browning's second purpose is to advocate a particular way of doing theology, one positioned between historicist and foundationalist approaches (what George Lindbeck terms, respectively, «cultural - linguistic» and «apologetic» perspectives in his book The Nature of Christian Doctrine).

While the recommendations call for OSTP to develop the science and technology strategy within the first 100 days of the new administration, the speakers stressed that the bipartisan report is intended to put in place a structure to facilitate science policymaking, not to advocate any particular policy position.

If an endorsement by Ted Kennedy, Dick Cheney's daughter, The New York Times or even Chuck Norris isn't enough to thrust you onto a particular presidential candidate's bandwagon, the Scientists & Engineers for America, a nonpartisan organization that advocates evidence - based debate and decision - making in Washington, offers another metric: their science platforms.Examining subjects like energy policy, healthcare, views on evolution, stem cells and the like, the Science, Health and Related Policies (SHARP) Network unfurls each candidate's positions (and past) in a wiki format.

If one is an advocate for a particular position, then one believes it to be irrefutably true.

Hypotheses are only valuable if they can be falsified and once one is an advocate for a particular position, then that position is no longer falsifiable in their mind.

Like the three reports discussed above, and, in fact, drawing heavily on those reports, the curricular change literature generally takes the position that the case - dialogue method of pedagogy does not sufficiently prepare law students to become practicing lawyers.74 While students learn basic case analysis skills through this method, they are usually not explicitly taught how to integrate those skills into a larger set of lawyering skills, in particular those identified as fundamental in the MacCrate Report.75 Further, while reading and analyzing cases, the focus of most law school classes, are important lawyering skills, they represent only a small portion of what lawyers actually do.76 Consequently, these commentators advocate for teaching legal skills as they are used in their real - world context, not merely as abstract ideas, and for integrating theoretical analysis and practical skills.77

In determining that the BLM pin was inappropriate, the Ohio court relied upon a First Circuit Court of Appeals case where a judge required an attorney remove a button advocating a particular political position on pending legislation.

Aside from the rising general need for expert witnesses in complex litigation, I think it helps that Teece advocates a position a particular type of litigant really likes to hear.

It is up to the buyer representative to not necessarily «sell» the buyer on a specific property, but to advocate for the buyer's financial position when finally deciding to enter negotiations in pursuit of a particular chosen property.