Sentences with phrase «as upholders»

Justice Abella's dissent on the issue makes for powerful reading, invoking the sanctity of the justice system and the high standard we expect from our quasi-judicial prosecutors, who stand on behalf of the state as upholders of society's fundamental values.

Certainly from a politician's point of view, much easier to blame greedy lawyers for the ills of society than portray them as the upholders of the rule of law, human rights and the justice process.

It refers to God as the upholder of cosmic order, an order usually framed in terms of the ethical vision, and it attributes whatever evil arises in the universe to the invasion of novelty.

Because of the «realistic» violence Joe Lieberman was brought into the forefront as an upholder of public morality.

Price has often been celebrated by his fans as an upholder of the pleasure principle, that California specialty, in an era when art was idea - intensive and political.

Although he was initially labeled a Fauve (wild beast), by the 1920s he was increasingly hailed as an upholder of the classical tradition in French painting.His mastery of the expressive language of colour and drawing, displayed in a body of work spanning over a half - century, won him recognition as a leading figure in modern art.

It could be argued that the ECtHR may be surrendering its role as an upholder of fundamental human rights and moving towards that of an international criminal appeal court.

Not exact matches

But sunyata as emptiness or voidness is not an all - containing receptacle of being, nor is it a strict supporter or upholder of any or all dharmas.

He saw the upholders of this doctrine as false prophets.

If one means, however, an insistence on the great affirmations of God as love, God revealed in Christ, God the sustainer of human life and the upholder of man's destiny, then the situation is different.

This approach - look at me, honestly wrestling with doubt and modernity, unlike the rest of you unquestioning drones who just believe what The Man tells you - is hardly new, and the desire to be seen as a brave, innovative rebel rather than a staid, boring upholder of orthodoxy, is a strong one and has doubtless been the root of many a heresy.

Fairness in representation is a complex concept, as we have seen in paragraph 6, and one to which the upholders of FPTP do not appear to attach great importance.

I'm a typical Upholder, which means I'm the same as Gretchen so that might also be why I enjoy her books so much.

As the American upholder of Matisse's colouristic doctrine, Milton Avery developed the French artist's decorative colour surfaces into subtly toned colour zones, thus breaking the ground for the Colour Field painting of Mark Rothko and Adolph Gottlieb, both of whom were friends of his.

Over time and many unresolved conflicts, the mother, feeling as if she is the only upholder of standards, comes to act like a suspicious detective, while the father makes excuses for his son and sometimes even lies about how well he knows the family where the overnight will be held.

You will only identify yourself as being an upholder of the status quo accepted ways of «doing business».