Sentences with phrase «as a jurist in»

Justice Scalia has found his own, distinct touch as a jurist in offering the concrete example that illuminates the jural landscape; and in this case, he marked out with a chilling precision the path that leads out from Romer.

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The Maudoodi school, on the other hand, accepts only the Qur» an and the Hadith as the infallible sources of law and does not regard the decisions of the medieval jurists as binding in all cases.

Ethically, we are in an age in which there is grave doubt among theologians, philosophers, jurists and social scientists as to whether any universal principles exist which can be reliably known and used by the international community to define torture or terrorism as fundamentally wrong.

(R. M. MacIver: The Modern State, pp. 103 - 104) It was the glory of Roman jurists in the early centuries A.D. that they first conceived the jus gentium, the natural law of all peoples, as incorporating the duties and rights which belonged to human beings everywhere.

Just as the attitude of the Sufis toward the religious teachings of Islam was a revolt against the jurists who stifled the true spirit of religion in order to preserve its form, their attitude toward God was also a revolt directed against the theologians and the philosophers.

new questions such as released time for religious instruction, prayer and Bible reading in the public schools, tax exemptions for churches and other religious bodies, and the very meaning of religion itself occupied the attention of jurists.

Ulpian, a Roman jurist who lived in the second century, urged that inebriates be treated as sick persons.

It was learnt that the late jurist, regarded in the nation's legal circle as a highly brilliant judicial officer, had been ill for some time.

Citing the trailblazing African - American jurists Barbara Jordan and Thurgood Marshall as inspiration, James pledged to defend the vulnerable and stand up to hostile forces in Washington as New York's top law enforcement official.

In Bonventre's view, Cuomo has so far put together a coherent, capable Court of Appeals that includes jurists with both Democratic and Republican backgrounds, as well as those with experience in both law enforcement and defendants» rightIn Bonventre's view, Cuomo has so far put together a coherent, capable Court of Appeals that includes jurists with both Democratic and Republican backgrounds, as well as those with experience in both law enforcement and defendants» rightin both law enforcement and defendants» rights.

Gorsuch was generally seen as one of the more moderate and less provocative jurists on Trump's docket of potential nominees, and the Senate — Schumer included — voted unanimously to confirm him to Colorado's 10th Circuit Court in 2006.

Normally, that by itself, should shield any one of the states which enacted Traditional Marriage protections against interlopers entering the state and demanding that their fake Sodomite «marriage» be recognized as valid, but in this day and age of a runaway judiciary, it is best that we somehow pass a Constitutional Amendment defining Traditional Marriage and / or slapping the hands of rogue jurists away from the issue altogether.

As a capital - district Republican with close ties to the community, the youthful - looking jurist can fairly present as a hometown favorite, albeit in a vast sea of DemocratAs a capital - district Republican with close ties to the community, the youthful - looking jurist can fairly present as a hometown favorite, albeit in a vast sea of Democratas a hometown favorite, albeit in a vast sea of Democrats.

The legal battle propelled him to statewide office in 2000, when the Republican jurist was elected chief justice after campaigning as the «Ten Commandments Judge.»

The governor entered the Court of Appeals through the same door as its judges, sitting beside the robed jurists as he gazed down upon the state's attorney general, comptroller and prosecutors in the pews below.

Dating is a stage of romantic relationships in humans whereby two people meet socially with the aim of each assessing the other's suitability as a Jean Bodin (c. 1529 — 1596) The humanist philosopher and jurist Jean Bodin was one of the most prominent political thinkers of the sixteenth century.

The voyagers include a widow (Judi Dench), who is lost without her partner; a much divorced flirt (Celia Imrie); a sourpuss in need of a hip operation (Maggie Smith); a grizzled Don Juan (Ronald Pickup); a distinguished, gay former jurist (Tom Wilkinson); and a long - married couple, who have settled into fixed roles as aggressor (Penelope Wilton) and exasperated victim (Bill Nighy).

Jessica Chastain criticized the inadequate representation of women in film as a jurist for the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.

Jessica Chastain criticized what she called «disturbing» representations of women in movies after serving as a jurist at Cannes.

While my own position as a jurist precludes me from linking his past opinions to cases currently pending before the Supreme Court or headed in that direction, I'll sketch out some features of his jurisprudence and describe specific decisions with relevance for education — and leave the prognosticating to others.

Norval Morris, criminologist and jurist, cited drunks, addicts, loiterers, vagrants, prostitutes and gamblers as persons who commit crimes without victims; he explicitly excluded abortion from his list, although in his book with Gordon Hawkins, abortion was equally explicitly included among the crimes which «lack victims».

Wave Hill House was built as a country home in 1843 by jurist William Lewis Morris.

Mr Franklin is speaking in both a philosophical sense and a practical one, as the inept jurist Natalia Combs Greene (now gone from the case) never gave the slightest indication that her courtroom was competent to adjudicate the hockey stick.

«Judge John Roberts filed a dissent in a Fourth Amendment case today that is pretty interesting as an example of his style as a jurist.

For now, at least one real - world jurist is making himself available to residents in Second Life, if only as a lecturer — 7th U.S. Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner.

As Selya's former law clerk Frederick A. Brodie observes this week in The National Law Journal, among practitioners, the jurist «is best known for his erudite and arcane vocabulary, which has provoked frequent head scratching by counsel.»

As noted by one jurist [1], to the extent that it was not clear prior, the Ontario Court of Appeal made it abundantly clear in McDougald Estate v. Gooderham [2] that the modern approach to fixing costs in estate litigation is to carefully scrutinize the litigation and, unless the court finds that some public policy consideration applies,... read more

Monica Bay was in attendance Thursday morning when the institute opened with what she describes as «a fast - paced case law update presented by six of the most well - known jurists in the legal industry.»

As well, retired chief justice of Québec, J.J. Michel Robert of Montréal, was named an Officer of the Order of Canada for his «achievements in the field of law as a lawyer and jurist, and for his commitment to advancing his profession.&raquAs well, retired chief justice of Québec, J.J. Michel Robert of Montréal, was named an Officer of the Order of Canada for his «achievements in the field of law as a lawyer and jurist, and for his commitment to advancing his profession.&raquas a lawyer and jurist, and for his commitment to advancing his profession.»

Holmes's style continues to find its voice in the witty, sometimes - biting opinions of jurists such as Antonin Scalia, Bruce Selya, Richard Posner, and Alex Kozinski.

His love for this Nation is evident from his distinguished service in World War II, his years at the bar, and his career as a jurist.

But I do not understand comparative law in this way; nor do I understand this as being an important lesson that comparatists have to teach to international jurists struggling with general principles.

in Filipino) professions consist of a large number of different kinds of law - trained persons, known as jurists, some of whom are advocates who are licensed to practice in the courts.

Criminal defence lawyer Edward Greenspan, also from Niagara Falls, recalls how Roberts stood out as a fine jurist whose decisions were occasionally reported in the Canadian Criminal Cases, a rare occurrence at the time for the magistrates» bench.

That «court» has been widely criticized by jurists around the world as little more than a kangaroo court in the service of a government owned and run by big - business plutocrats.

Guest columnist Anastasia Konina, writing recently in the online journal Jurist, says: «the proposed system of consumer rights enforcement has been heavily criticized for a number of reasons, such as «putting efficiency above judicial scrutiny,» loss of public access, pressure due to general confidentiality of ADR and ODR proceedings and banning access to courts.»

Following this line of argument, if there is a judgment call in question, it can not be the judgment of the lawyer who acted as a brilliant jurist within the confines of the law.

Many American jurists and commentators, such as Justice Antonin Scalia, have talked at length about the important distinctions between «original meaning» and «original intent», the former of which is a species of textualism (and is therefore more legally sound in my view), while the latter may best understood as a species of purposivism.

Since 1976, in honor of the significant contribution of Black attorneys dedicated to the pursuit of excellence, justice, equal opportunity and positive change, the Barristers» Association of Philadelphia, Inc. has held an annual dinner to celebrate up - and - coming law students, practicing attorneys and jurists who embody professionalism, dedication to the profession as well as a commitment to the Black Philadelphia legal community and public communities.

Being named as one of Canadian Lawyer's Top 25 Most Influential highlights the important and significant work jurists have done in the last 18 months or so.

Another requirement that judges make public the number of abortions they granted or denied also was cited as a possible mechanism to attack jurists in re-election campaigns.»

And in so doing, we'd begin to propagate the important notion that so long as our laws are true in both languages, it makes sense to have jurists at all levels who see that nothing (or nothing much, at least) gets lost in translation.

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According to the Jurist, the complaint reads in part: «Through this action, the Plaintiffs are asking this Court to recognize and declare that the Colorado River is capable of possessing rights similar to a «person,» and that as part of that declaration, that the Colorado River has certain rights to exist, flourish, regenerate, and naturally evolve.

He notes that even on the Court, one Republican appointee seemed to reject the individual rights approach, as did most of the liberals (though, as Bob Ambrogi described in yesterday's post, plenty of liberal scholars and jurists are coming around to the individual rights view — which Volokh notes in his post as well).

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Reform advocates told me they also had concerns about Hudson, who once went by the sobriquet «Hang»em High Harry» as a prosecutor in the 1980s, but acknowledged he has plenty of practical experience as a sentencing jurist.

Stephen Harper, in struggling to find a field in which Nadon had distinguished himself as a jurist, referred, obscurely, to admiralty law (though, to be fair, qualifications for a Supreme Court appointment are often in the eye of the beholder).

Second, the article asserts that the breadth of support for the petitioners in Caperton, combined with state - level developments in the decision ‟ s aftermath, support the proposition that the decision ‟ s greatest impact will be not as dispositive precedent in itself, but in spurring greater vigilance in recusal, both systemically and among individual jurists.

As detailed in this Los Angeles Times piece, headlined «To some jurists, high court ruling brings vindication,» federal sentencing judges long troubled by the rigidity and severity of the federal guidelines are sure to celebrate the Supreme Court's work yesterday in Gall and Kimbrough.