Sentences with phrase «body of court opinions»

CALI's goal in creating FLR, the website says, is «to create a body of court opinions that is accessible to anyone including educators, librarians, students, lawyers and the public.»

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Portugal's Superior Magistrates Council, an oversight body, said it had taken note of the «vivid criticism from broad sections of public opinion», but added courts are independent and it could not intervene, even when faced with «archaic, inappropriate or unfortunate» comments by judges.

Although the court ruled that human genetic material is not patentable — there is «no doubt that naturally occurring DNA and RNA as they exist inside the cells of the human body can not be the subject of a valid patent,» Nicholas wrote in his opinion — it concluded that the process of isolating the BRCA1 gene from the human body required human intervention.

For its part, Pakatan Rakyat has brought a case against the Elections Commission before the High Court which is currently under review, accusing the elections body of gross incompetence, however international opinion has long since accepted the results and moved on, with both the United States and China accepting the result immediately following the poll in early May.

The General Attorney occupation covers professional legal positions involved in preparing cases for trial and / or the trial of cases before a court or an administrative body or persons having quasi-judicial power; rendering legal advice and services with respect to questions, regulations, practices, or other matters falling within the purview of a Federal Government agency (this may include conducting investigations to obtain evidentiary data); preparing interpretative and administrative orders, rules, or regulations to give effect to the provisions of governing statutes or other requirements of law; drafting, negotiating, or examining contracts or other legal documents required by the agency's activities; drafting, preparing formal comments, or otherwise making substantive recommendations with respect to proposed legislation; editing and preparing for publication statutes enacted by Congress, opinions or discussions of a court, commission, or board; drafting and reviewing decisions for consideration and adoption by agency officials.

But a ruling by a body such as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) would carry much more weight with public opinion and help pave the way for future legal cases on climate change, he said.

and other one - world liberals who have persistently pressed judicial nominees in recent years to consider the legal opinions of foreign courts and other bodies when deciding cases here at home?

A decision as to whether or not acts attributable to a body such as a school or college amount to occupation of premises for VAT purposes is a question of degree, sensitive to the particular facts, and one in which an appellate court has to pay considerable respect to the opinion of the fact - finding body.

penalizes the defendant for engaging in public participation «plaintiff» means a person who initiates or maintains a proceeding against a defendant; «proceeding» means any action, suit, matter, cause, counterclaim, appeal, or originating application that is brought in the Supreme Court or the Provincial Court, but does not include a prosecution for an offence or a crime; «public interest» means the whole of the subject matter invites public attention, or a matter in which the public has some substantial concern because it affects the welfare of citizens, or one to which considerable public notoriety or controversy has attached; «public participation» means communication or conduct aimed at influencing public opinion, or promoting further lawful action by the public or any government body, in relation to an issue of public interest; «Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP)» means a claim that arises from a form of expression or public participation, by the person against whom the claim is asserted that was made in connection with an official proceeding or about a matter of public interest; Purposes of this Act: 2 The purposes of this Act are to a) Establish a statutory right to public participation for every individual; b) Encourage individuals to express themselves on matters of public interest; c) Promote broad participation in debates on matters of public interest; d) Discourage the use of litigation as a means of unduly limiting expression on matters of public interest; and, e) Preserve the right of access to the courts for all proceedings and claims that are not brought or maintained for an improper purpose.

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Though disdaining Wikipedia, the Lawson court itself relied on a private internet website as of 2011, noting it had been «updated June 2010,» for a factual foundation for its legal holding of a rational basis for the federal statute on animal fighting activities.40 Likewise, in the body of its opinion in State v. D.C., 41 the Fifth District cited various websites addressing how HIV can be transmitted.

If the draft legislative act originates from the Court of Justice, the European Central Bank or the European Investment Bank, the President of the Council shall forward the opinion to the institution or body concerned.

If the draft legislative act originates from the Court of Justice, the European Central Bank or the European Investment Bank, the President of the Council shall forward the reasoned opinion or opinions to the institution or body concerned.

Recently, the Council of State (i.e., the Italian supreme administrative court and consultative body) adopted an important advisory opinion, which allows for improved access to investigational medicines by patients in Italy.

The Court further explained that although «most lay person have opinions and theories of their own as to how the human body functions, our courts have decided that, in order to recover compensation, a standard of expert evidence on the subject is required where the injury is not apparent to the layman.»

He is their master stick - handler, but a pissed off consumer could lay a big body check on him in the court of public opinion prior to launching a court case against him and his money - grubbing Zookeepers.