Sentences with phrase «civil legal traditions»

So here's a picture by Jean - Baptiste Mauzaisse that pretty much sums up how the civil legal tradition saw the legacy of the great innovations of 1804:

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In our engagement with China in Canada, respecting Canada's sovereignty and traditions is no less essential and calls us to uphold principles of intellectual freedom, civil society, and human rights through enforcement of our legal and regulatory standards.

Hammond suggests in Chapters 3, 6, and 8 that American civil religion has resided significantly in the educational and particularly the legal systems in ways that have led to a distinct tradition of civility, openness, and tolerance.

Opponents say the plans tread on hallowed British legal traditions of open justice and make a mockery of coalition claims to defend civil liberties.

Its 2016 platform devoted a separate section to Title IX, saying the civil rights office's «distortion of Title IX to micromanage the way colleges and universities deal with allegations of [sexual] abuse contravenes our country's legal traditions and must be halted.»

Sorbonne's global leadership in legal education and its rich heritage in the civil law tradition make it an ideal partner in our quest for trans - systemic legal system development.»

We hope that in addition to teaching about the common law and the civil law, we hope students will also understand that there's a basket of legal indigenous traditions across the land.»

In her paper «Indigenous Legal Traditions and the Challenge of Intercultural Legal Education in Canadian Law Schools,» Hannah askew describes the growing recognition, in Canada, that the development and protection of the rights of Indigenous people must draw not only on common law and civil law, but also on Indigenous legal traditLegal Traditions and the Challenge of Intercultural Legal Education in Canadian Law Schools,» Hannah askew describes the growing recognition, in Canada, that the development and protection of the rights of Indigenous people must draw not only on common law and civil law, but also on Indigenous legal tTraditions and the Challenge of Intercultural Legal Education in Canadian Law Schools,» Hannah askew describes the growing recognition, in Canada, that the development and protection of the rights of Indigenous people must draw not only on common law and civil law, but also on Indigenous legal traditLegal Education in Canadian Law Schools,» Hannah askew describes the growing recognition, in Canada, that the development and protection of the rights of Indigenous people must draw not only on common law and civil law, but also on Indigenous legal traditlegal traditionstraditions.

Most countries today follow one of two major legal traditions: common law or civil law.

[14] Contrary to common law tradition, in which judges play a prominent role in the development and reformation of law, professors are instrumental to legal reform and development in civil law tradition.

It should be pointed out that Indigenous laws and legal orders are separate and distinct from common and civil law traditions that are taught in university law schools.

A total of forty national jurisdictions will be explored, chosen in order to ensure broad geographical spread and a mix of common law, civil law and other legal traditions, as well as reflecting the expertise of the law firms involved.

For the majority justices, their interpretation of section 6 advanced the «dual purpose of ensuring that the Court has civil law expertise and that Quebec's legal traditions and social values are represented on the Court,» maintaining that province's «confidence» in the Court (para. 18).

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At what may, without belittling the victim, be called the lower end of the scale where injury happens through the negligence of non-state agents, the state's provision of a judicial system of civil remedies will often suffice: the individual state's legal traditions will govern the means of compliance in the particular case.

«It is often observed that it is very easy to get into court in African states and can be much more difficult to get out of court,» with proceedings taking many years, he said; there being a variety of legal traditions across the continent, from common, to civil and Islamic law, as well as hybrids, such as those in South Africa and Mauritius.

The Chief Justice held that s. 6 of the Act protects both the functioning and the legitimacy of the Supreme Court as a general court of appeal for Canada, at para. 49: «The purpose of s. 6 is to ensure not only civil law training and experience on the Court, but also to ensure that Quebec's distinct legal traditions and social values are represented on the Court, thereby enhancing the confidence of the people of Quebec in the Supreme Court as the final arbiter of their rights.»

As we discussed above, the guarantee that one third of the Court's judges would be chosen from Quebec ensured that civil law expertise and that Quebec's legal traditions would be represented on the Court and that the confidence of Quebec in the Court would be enhanced.

According to the recent legislative summary [PDF] from the Legal and Legislative Affairs Division Parliamentary Information and Research Service, the aim seems more to acknowledge and «respect» the civil law tradition than it does to correct terminology that has been... [more]

Thomas Mathews is a Toronto - based lawyer building a broad practice in civil and commercial litigation and criminal defence... Thomas is member of the Bars of Ontario and Quebec, trained in both the common law and civil law legal traditions.

According to the recent legislative summary [PDF] from the Legal and Legislative Affairs Division Parliamentary Information and Research Service, the aim seems more to acknowledge and «respect» the civil law tradition than it does to correct terminology that has been the source of mischief.

Common law legal concepts and research methods make a strong distinction, less pronounced in the civil law tradition, between primary sources of law (statutes and case law) and secondary sources (legal scholarship and commentary); regardless, access to interpretive commentary on the law, including legal scholarship and especially publicly - funded research, would significantly enhance the public's understanding of the law and their rights, and promote access to legal services generally.