Sentences with phrase «curiae from»

We invite briefs amicus curiae from interested parties.

Pope Benedict XVI's Address to the Curia from December 2005 is well known.

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Despite profound skepticism on the part of many in the curia, John Paul pressed forward at the eve of the new millennium with plans for a series of reflections that might allow the world «to draw lessons from the past,» so as to choose life in what had become a culture of darkness.

The group, which includes U.S. Cardinal Sean O'Malley from Boston, will examine ways to revise the Vatican constitution, Pastor Bonus, which sets the rules for running the Roman Curia, or church hierarchy.

From the perspective of the peripheries the Curia seems like a medieval relic, something unnecessary for the Church's mission that can safely be abolished.

As mediated by the journalists, the story of the Second Vatican Council was framed as a battle between traditionalists centered in the Roman Curia, the Vatican's bureaucracy, and a core of progressive bishops, mostly from northern Europe.

The Governing Board is not composed of radical activists from the church - and - society curias but of the responsible heads of the Protestant and Orthodox member churches and their official representatives.

I read that some say that the Roman Curia is an essential part of the Church's mission, or that a prefect in the Vatican is the sure compass to keep the Church from falling into light - mindedness — or that this prefect guards the unity of the Faith and grants the pope a serious theology.

The meetings at Augsburg multiplied over the following two and a half months The Electors, their deputies the theologians, the Emperor's men, the Roman Curia's men, the ambassadors and assistants from all over Europe met in small groups and big groups.

But in the dramatic opening sessions of the council in the fall of 1962, the assembled bishops and other leaders of the Catholic Church, headed by those from Germany, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, refused to follow the agenda set by the traditionalist Curia, repudiated their reactionary schemata, and unexpectedly showed themselves to be, in the majority, progressives open to John XXIII's agenda of sweeping pastoral renewal.

... [from] the address Pope Benedict gave [the Roman curia] at Christmas two years ago... «As the first step of evangelisation... we must seek that human beings do not set aside the question of God,...».

Pope Francis has, of course, outflanked critics of both the Curia and the Papacy by establishing a congregation of cardinals drawn from across the world to advise on the government of the Church.

It is quite possibly true that some of those who work in the Roman Curia may be insulated by their position from many of these painful realities, but the value of the service rendered by the Curia to the universal Church is not predicated upon the merits and talents of those who work therein.

Such curia seem to have no freedom from the society around them, even though they claim to be prophetic voices in the church.

Many in the church curia have almost totally surrendered to such ways of death, perhaps from a sense of guilt over the past treatment of females or from a real sense of justice, but often without thought or theological understanding of the consequences.

Pope Benedict XVI has been in office for less than a year, and already there are rumblings of dissatisfaction (in some quarters of disquiet, in others of impatience), aroused by the — so far — slow progress of what everyone seems from the beginning to have assumed will be one of the new pope's priorities: the reform of the Roman Curia.

Given that some two - thirds of the Church's bishops and cardinals, a great proportion of the Roman Curia, and indeed many of the world's seminary professors, have studied in the Roman Pontifical universities, the STOQ project is seen to be crucial as away of educating the Church to understand better the contribution of the Church to science, the need for the Church's dialogue with the world of the scientist, and the insights the Church can gain from the findings of modern science.

The Roman Curia — the Church's governing body — includes a network of 5 pontifical academies and 11 pontifical councils, each of them charged with tasks ranging from the promotion of Christian unity to the cataloging of martyrs.

As amicus curiae in many federal and state courts, NSBA continues to urge courts to refrain from joining a troubling wave of nationwide efforts to divert public tax dollars away from public schools to fund private entities.

A group of of education chiefs from around the nation, as well as some teachers, parents, student groups and business organizations, lended their official support to the Vergara lawsuit today by filing several amicus curiae or «friend of the court» briefs.

Judge Cote ruled this week (PDF) that the brief they already submitted — which «contains five pages of substantive arguments that do not address the question of whether leave to file amici curiae responses is appropriate, but rather oppose approval of the proposed Final Judgment» — will suffice as B&N and the ABA's only comment on the matter, and «no additional filings from the ABA and Barnes & Noble shall be permitted.»

Statement from the environmental and community groups who were granted amicus curiae status by the court — Sierra Club, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, Coal River Mountain Watch, and the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, represented by attorneys at Earthjustice and Appalachian Mountain Advocates:

At least one of the submissions from amici curiae in the Fisher case supported the «mismatch» theory and suggested that black students would do better somewhere else.

Business Development: Brokering various business dealings that further the diversification of Indian economies Developing and accessing commercial financial programs and services for tribal governments, including tax - exempt offerings and federally - guaranteed housing loans Serving as issuer or underwriter's counsel in tribal bond issuances Ensuring tribal compliance with Bank Secrecy Act and other federal financial regulatory requirements Handling federal and state income, excise, B&O, property and other tax matters for tribes and tribal businesses Chartering tribal business enterprises under tribal, state and federal law Registering and protecting tribal trademarks and copyrights Negotiating franchise agreements for restaurants and retail stores on Indian reservations Custom - tailoring construction contracts for tribes and general contractors Helping secure federal SBA 8 (a) and other contracting preferences for Indian - owned businesses Facilitating contractual relations between tribes and tribal casinos, and gaming vendors Building tribal workers» compensation and self - insurance programs Government Relations: Handling state and federal regulatory matters in the areas of tribal gaming, environmental and cultural resources, workers» compensation, taxation, health care and education Negotiating tribal - state gaming compacts and fuel and cigarette compacts, and inter-local land use and law enforcement agreements Advocacy before the Washington State Gambling Commission, Washington Indian Gaming Association and National Indian Gaming Commission Preparing tribal codes and regulations, including tribal court, commercial, gaming, taxation, energy development, environmental and cultural resources protection, labor & employment, and workers» compensation laws Developing employee handbooks, manuals and personnel policies Advocacy in areas of treaty rights, gaming, jurisdiction, taxation, environmental and cultural resource protection Brokering fee - to - trust and related real estate and jurisdictional transactions Litigation & Appellate Services: Handling complex Indian law litigation, including commercial, labor & employment, tax, land use, treaty rights, natural and cultural resource matters Litigating tribal trust mismanagement claims against the United States, and evaluating tribal and individual property claims under the Indian Claims Limitation Act Defending tribes and tribal insureds from tort claims brought against them in tribal, state and federal courts, including defense tenders pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act Assisting tribal insureds in insurance coverage negotiations, and litigation Representing individual tribal members in tribal and state civil and criminal proceedings, including BIA prosecutions and Indian probate proceedings Assisting tribal governments with tribal, state and federal court appeals, including the preparation of amicus curiae briefs Our Indian law & gaming attorneys collaborate to publish the quarterly «Indian Legal Advisor ``, designed to provide Indian Country valuable information about legal and political developments affecting tribal rights.

The consumer was informed of the cost per minute and the maximum duration of the telephone call but was unaware that the company responsible for the promotion took a certain sum from the cost of the call (see curia press release here).

In an unusual en banc decision rendered without requesting briefing from the parties, the United States, or interested amici curiae, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently affirmed several rulings in favor of Apple Inc. in its ongoing smartphone patent war with Samsung.

They worked on 183 matters covering a range of legal areas from land claims to housing and services; traditional leadership disputes to sexual harassment and unfair dismissal claims; delictual disputes; amicus curiae representations; refugee matters and corporate work for SMMEs and not - for - profit organizations.

Apple has just responded to Samsung's mid-December petition for writ of certiorari (request for Supreme Court review) regarding two legal questions concerning design patents and, in the same document, to amicus curiae («friend of the court») briefs from major industry players, many IP law professors and various public interest advocates, all of whom agree with Samsung that the top U.S. court should take a look at this matter.

Two of the most important results of the Norman Conquest were the triumph of the common law over highly divergent, localized custom and the establishment of the curia regis, from which the court of common pleas, the court tasked with hearing disputes between commoners, would shortly emerge.

Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or neither party from counsel for the appellants filed.

Consent to the filing of timely amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or neither party from counsel for the appellants received.

Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party, or neither party from counsel for the appellees received.

He completed his J.D. and graduated Order of Curia and first in his class from Salmon P. Chase College of Law.