Sentences with phrase «civil system for»

Known as the Criminal Justice Reform Act, the package of bills that passed last year created a new civil system for handling minor offenses that in the past often resulted in open warrants and the possibility of arrests for a disproportionate number of minority New Yorkers.

Thank Teddy's Merit and Fitness Civil System for that (if it is true).

Not exact matches

If you want to practice civil law, you need to study in Quebec (for instance, McGill law students graduate with a degree in each system), or at the University of Ottawa.

Monadelphous Engineering subsidiary KT Pipelines has appointed civil construction and services firm Central Systems for construction works at Chevron's Gorgon liquefied natural gas project on Barrow I

The university also ranks among the top 50 universities in the world for linguistics, computer science and information systems, civil and structural engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, mechanical engineering, agriculture and forestry, psychology, chemistry, environmental studies, materials science, physics and astronomy, and other fields.

It should not be difficult for companies to extend EU practices and policies elsewhere because they already have systems in place, said Nicole Ozer, director of technology and civil liberties at the American Civil Liberties Union of Califocivil liberties at the American Civil Liberties Union of CalifoCivil Liberties Union of California.

A third speaker, Johnston, the former Property and Environment Research Center fellow, spent part of his presentation criticizing the American civil courts system for making American companies less competitive on the international stage.

«Human potential is far from exhausted, and the American system for unleashing that potential — a system that has worked wonders for over two centuries despite frequent interruptions for recessions and even a Civil War — remains alive and effective.»

... In accepting punishment the civil disobedient further demonstrates his respect for the system of laws — a system he seeks to better and strengthen, not subvert or destroy.

Neither system is invoked by name, but in their complete violation, the novel presents not a world in which evil has triumphed, but one in which the basic obligations of humans as social beings — to establish civil society and recourse for its governance — are ignored.

Groomed by the American system for some job like the one he holds — high school at Roxbury Latin, undergrad at Yale (and president of Yale's prestigious Political Union in his last year there), law school at Harvard — he belongs to a type of quiet and careful civil servant that Caesar Augustus would have recognized.

Modern Turkey, under influence from the West, in 1924 definitely abandoned the Moslem legal system and substituted for it criminal and civil codes taken from the West.

The literature clearly establishes that a legally sanctioned law enforcement system existed in America before the Civil War for the express purpose of controlling the slave population and protecting the interests of slave owners.

Los Angeles (CNN)- A former veteran systems administrator for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory claimed during opening arguments in a civil lawsuit Tuesday that he was wrongfully terminated for expressing his views on intelligent design.

Questions - Getting value for money from companies marketing services to help people make claims against missold Payment Protection Insurance Legislation, revising the system for electing British Members of the European Parliament, dealing with any consequences for social cohesion and criminality of the withdrawal of civil legal aid for social welfare law cases, annual value of employers» national insurance contributions Legislation - Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill

Teddy Roosevelt promoted the non-partisan, professionally oriented Merit and Fitness Civil Service System in Albany (and for that matter, DC).

It's also necessary to continue modernising the civil justice system to work more effectively for claimants so less money is swallowed up by the legal process.»

The U.S. Justice Department's Civil Rights Division is examining New York's controversial system of civil confinement for sex offenders, which allows convicted sex offenders to be kept in secure psychiatric hospitals indefinitely after their prison tCivil Rights Division is examining New York's controversial system of civil confinement for sex offenders, which allows convicted sex offenders to be kept in secure psychiatric hospitals indefinitely after their prison tcivil confinement for sex offenders, which allows convicted sex offenders to be kept in secure psychiatric hospitals indefinitely after their prison terms.

Two Cabinet ministers and civil servants at the Department for Transport are fighting an increasingly bitter blame game behind closed doors over the collapse of the government's system for awarding rail franchises.

The agenda should include a referendum on a new voting system, a reduction in the number of MPs, thorough reform of the House of Lords, legislation for fixed - term parliaments, stronger civil liberties, an enhanced Freedom of Information Act, and extra powers for the Welsh and Scottish executives.

Coalition proposals for the civil justice system threaten the foundations of the British legal system, the former director of public prosecutions warned today.

In fact the USA has intervened in the Russia civil war by siding with the Tsar (an autocratic system like Monarchy; even though Woodrow Wilson was known for its idealist, non-interventionist, mindset).

Business leaders said it was «totally unacceptable» for existing employees in the NHS, education system and civil service to retire five years before those working in the private sector.

«It should have been clear to senior civil servants that growing demand for school places, combined with a drive for schools to make efficiency savings, would only build pressure in the system.

We sought the repeal of the twin legal bans on same - sex civil marriages and opposite - sex civil partnerships; pressing for both systems to be open to all couples, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.

«We should not be planning for an independent aviation safety regulation [system]», said Andrew Haines of the Civil Aviation Authority.

He held that the legal system had provided remedy for a suspect in the civil suit for relief from malicious process «if after the investigation with or without arrest and detention» or «after the trial the evidence does not establish the guilt of the suspect.»

As more is revealed about what really went on then that is still existing, and how the AG covered it up by refusing to indict the corruption now running the State Agencies and Authorities in Albany for massive Civil Service Law abuse and the granting of Pension System Final Average Salaries (FAS) way above the their permanent competitive status, you'll hear more excuses than a corrupt regime gives when it is about to collapse and they're in total fear.

Nepotism waivers permit the hiring or promotion of relatives of county officials for positions that are not part of the competitive Civil Service system.

«The Executive Budget calls for what the governor describes as reforms to the state's pension system, Civil Service and some fundamental changes in the way the state does business,» Fox said.

ABI have led the way through radical reforms to savings and retirement, modernised the civil justice system, campaigned for solutions fit for our future and much more.

The civil servants who are responsible for major corruption in the system are still the same people.

In a Martin Luther King Day column for the Daily News, Gov. Andrew Cuomo argued that the crusade for justice started by the legendary civil rights leader is not over, and said finishing it requires righting wrongs in the justice system.

The peers call for a new system of «naming and shaming» EU member states who manage their European finances badly, and says each country should have to produce their own statement of assurance signed by a minister or senior civil servant.

The electoral system, the use of referendum on key issues, a written constitution, devolution of power and resources to the powerless in communities, cities and regions, abolition of the Lords and the end to the attacks on trade unions, charities, civil society, civil liberties and the complacency, inertia and disregard for the weakest and inequality that creates despair must be swept away.

Beyond then the UK / India development relationship will focus on technical assistance - especially cultivation of pro-private sector infrastructure, development of healthcare systems and support for civil society.

Lippman described his own tenure as the «proactive pursuit of justice» and cited his top accomplishment as the creation of a statewide system of legal services for civil defendants, who are not afforded the same constitutional right to counsel as criminal defendants.

Queens Councilman Rory Lancman, who heads the City Council's newly formed Committee on the Justice System, called Vance's new step «smart policy» and argued the city can hold people accountable for fare evasion by issuing an MTA civil summons instead of «running them through the criminal justice system.&System, called Vance's new step «smart policy» and argued the city can hold people accountable for fare evasion by issuing an MTA civil summons instead of «running them through the criminal justice system.&system.»

Worst of all, this system has resulted in a civil rights disaster: African Americans are dramatically more likely to be arrested for pot possession than whites, despite similar rates of marijuana use among both groups.»

VSP is a welfare system for poor families and CSP pays parts of the salaries of civil servants staff and pensioners.

«Transparency and fairness in the civil justice system are important for everyone,» she said.

They might also ask if they want to appeal to a broader electorate with policies like free school meals, or a narrower but uncommitted electorate by standing up for civil liberties and an egalitarian system of law.

Q) What ever happened to the Merit and Fitness Civil Service System where aspiring Public Information Officers competed for the job in a local high school with a number 2 pencil and a calculator for a PS&T (PEF represented) Grade 18 and / or 23 permanent (non-political) position against a room full of highly qualified competitors?

All members of Congress are automatically (without the option of withdrawal) enrolled in the Federal Employees Retirement System, a pension system also used for federal civil serSystem, a pension system also used for federal civil sersystem also used for federal civil servants.

He said the modulated salary system for the civil servants also affected political appointees, ascribing it to «economic emergency».

So while the Electoral Reform Society and other civil society groups are rightly campaigning for people to cast their votes on May 3, it is also recognised that change is desperately needed to spread the use of a proportional system across the United Kingdom.

The pols are asking for $ 26 million to expand administrative courts to brace for an influx of civil summonses that could replace summonses now handled by the criminal system if a series of reforms the Council is pursuing to ease up on minor offenses go through.

Addressing the media after the brief signing ceremony, which was witnessed by officials from the National Blood Bank, Ghana Post and Ghana Civil Aviation Authority, Tina Mensah extolled the virtues of such a system for efficient health care delivery.

Although it is too early to evaluate the impact this will have on research careers in Spain, the FJI expressed some concerns: «We deem it necessary to take steps to prevent candidates with poorer records from using the PCD [system] to bypass the [traditional selection] procedure [for permanent staff], and to avoid the creation of two layers of «1st class» (civil servant) and «2nd class» (non-civil servant) appointees.»

According to Series lead Professor Boyd Swinburn from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, «The key to meeting WHO's target to achieve no further increase in obesity rates by 2025 will be strengthening accountability systems to support government leadership, constraining the role of the food industry in the formation of public policy, and encouraging civil society to create a demand for healthy food environments.»