Sentences with phrase «as unjust»

Next, the court considered whether Land Man could claim the cooperative commission offered by Weichert through the MLS as unjust enrichment.

I have been so appalled by my PA experience with my daughter's father, as well as the unjust treatment I received in family court that I have published a book describing my ordeal, which began six years ago and is still going on to this day.

The importance of acknowledging the historical treatment of Indigenous people as unjust was influential to the Committee in this regard.

This archaic rule, which ignores the recognised fact that many victims of sexual assault do not have the psychological resources to commence litigation within six years, has long been condemned as unjust and nonsensical.

But under an equitable doctrine such as Unjust Enrichment, Constructive or Resulting Trust (discussed below), the other spouse could claim an interest to such property.

Moreover, doctrinal entrenchment is particularly problematic in the FISA courts, where secrecy and institutional context indicate that outside efforts at doctrinal reform are less likely to be effective than they are with courts that publish their opinions.35 Unlike published opinions, secret opinions can not provoke the public into lobbying for a legislative override36 or judicial overruling37 — two important paths of legal reform.38 Perhaps to hedge against the risks of limited external oversight, FISA limits FISC and Court of Review judges to non-renewable, seven - year terms, 39 a provision suggesting that Congress envisioned a FISA court whose membership would be responsive to shifting factual circumstances and policy priorities.40 Stare decisis, which requires judges to adhere to interpretations of law that they might otherwise reject as unjust or unpersuasive, constrains these judges» ability to adapt to such factual and policy shifts.

As Unjust by Design documents, however, once the existence of the system is appreciated, we can see that it suffers from debilitating deficiencies that threaten to delegitimize the decisions made by many administrative tribunals.

Put differently, the appellants» arguments fail to recognize that in a constitutional democracy such as ours, protection from legislation that some might view as unjust or unfair properly lies not in the amorphous underlying principles of our Constitution, but in its text and the ballot box (par.

For a book as stridently reform oriented as Unjust by Design, that seems a curious and frustrating omission.

For example, Roche Molecular Systems submits that the absence of laches will inevitably lead to unintended results such as the unjust enrichment of dilatory patentees.

The suit alleges that Standard violated myriad U.S. federal and state laws in its practices, including the Federal Wiretap Act, the Illinois Eavesdropping Statute, the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practice Act and constitutes «intrusion upon seclusion» (a privacy tort) as well as unjust enrichment.

In such a case, legal tools such as unjust enrichment, fair competition or something else might be of help.

Of course, the court will not lightly characterise foreign law, or the order of a foreign court, as unjust» (para 72).

[T] he United States» reluctance to confront climate change in a serious way — like a carbon tax to replace the payroll tax, coupled with global leadership on the issue --- [is] as unjust as it is unfortunate.»

I had every right to spread the word about what I see as an unjust and unsubstantiated effort.

What situations stand out most strongly as unjust, and how did she stand up to and try to change the injustices she experienced?

«Grothman would see it as unjust, because he believes that the whole idea of pay discrimination against women is fraudulent».

A highly critical person reacts very poorly to what they perceive as unjust criticism (meaning practically any feedback that is not wholly positive), and it can cost them in several ways.

«As unjust as the situation might be, you have to do what's right for the people of the state of New York,» said one sympathetic source.

«The agency is similarly concerned with the tone of the district court's decision, which equates the difficult work ICE professionals do every day to enforce our immigration laws with «treatment we associate with regimes we revile as unjust,» and is actively exploring its appellate options.»

The school has been criticized by some human rights activists for its action describing it as unjust.

Third, it was not possible to attain a financial model which ended a system regarded as unjust (quantified as between 7 % and 10 % of Catalonia's GDP, figures that led to the use of the term «fiscal despoliation» in political debates), nor respect for the «ordinal principle» once the territorial transfers have been made.

What's more, kids that maintain this mindset will begin to see the world as an unjust and unfair place.

«It is a positive sign that the Supreme Court of India recognized as unjust compensation paid.

The early Christian conflict with Rome came because Rome «represented what we call «the normalcy of civilization,»» said Crossan, noting that civilizations can be beneficial as well as unjust and oppressive.

Can you think of anything else in human history that has caused so much unnecessary human suffering as unjust economic structures?

But I beg you to please remember that not all Christians who speak out against gay marriage are bigots or homophobes, and calling them those names is as unjust as it is unkind.

By so cavalierly dismissing as unjust the traditional Jewish ban on homosexual acts» a ban undisputed throughout the whole history of Jewish law» he shows that this whole tradition is not normative for him, but only the source of selective guidance or misguidance.

The whole tenor of the Bible sanctions slavery as well, and nowhere attacks it as unjust.

Today's Christians can condemn a war they see as unjust from behind the comfort of a keyboard or smartphone, with the actual violence taking place thousands of miles away.

Perhaps not as blunt, and perhaps as unjust as the «do we hang them before or after we try them» phenomena, but it gets pretty close to that.

They see that as unjust and see us as bigots.

When you see a black friend being pulled over by the police for no apparent reason, you serve as a real witness to this event, and you protest the action you see as unjust.

And a few, like Conrad Black, fire back with caustic ripostes, lambasting their pursuers as unjust wretches or worse.

Not exact matches

There is immense scope for doing both good and evil on the internet, and therefore, rejecting the security concerns of online privacy as sensationalism and paranoia is simply unjust and rather naïve.

Uber subsequently emailed users to make clear that the company thinks President Donald Trump's immigration ban is «unjust, wrong, and against everything we stand for as a company,» though much of the damage may have already been done.

Jesus condemned the oppression and marginalization of his impoverished people by the Romans and other ruling elites who sought through their unjust system of taxation to extract as much wealth as possible from the majority of people to benefit the rich, powerful, ruling elites.

In addition, Mr. Morley filed a subsequent lawsuit containing allegations that the formation of Square and the development of our card reader and decoding technologies constituted, among other things, breach of an alleged oral joint venture, fraud, negligent misrepresentation, civil conspiracy, unjust enrichment, and misappropriation of trade secrets, as well as other related claims.

Malmström described the Trump administration's plan to impose tariffs of 25 % on foreign steel and 10 % on imported aluminum as «deeply unjust» and a threat to European workers.

At the time, an Uber spokesperson issued this statement to The Boston Globe: «Thousands of people in Massachusetts have lost access to economic opportunities as a result of a screening that includes an unfair and unjust indefinite lookback period.

Slutsky, one of the top Russian diplomats, was quoted by Russian news agencies as saying, «It's a highly unjust step.

He said: «I believe that the media really needs our prayers because, at its best, the media gives a voice to the voiceless, it does hold people to account, it does highlight unjust practises as well as keeping us informed.»

He also treats blacks principally as victims of an unjust, racist society and a pernicious, oppressive global capitalist system.

Finally, as a last resort, it would picket, boycott, obstruct and paralyze unjust political and economic structures.

Of course Christians will continue to respect even the most unjust governments as they develop nonviolent campaigns to witness to injustice and press for radical change.

Ludicrous prosecutions and unjust convictions have resulted, far too numerous to count as the cost of doing business.

As the pious above chant of the God begotten of Light, the unfaithful faithful call out in ragged whispers their own stories of Inquisitions, of lost political battles at important councils of faith, of unjust executions in the name of the Christ and of excommunications to shore up power.

And so, from my own studies of online evidences then and now, I think I can legitimately wonder what other unjust actions may have gone on behind the scenes to hide what I can only interpret as misogynistic, self - serving, perpetrator - protecting behaviors under a guise of generosity, goodness, and light.

The New Testament as a whole, truth to tell, is fairly clear that the accumulation of great private wealth, even when honestly acquired, is spiritually perilous and, as a rule, morally unjust.

And yes, venting is allowed as well: Someone finally owning their own feelings about an unjust situation at work, at home, or at church.