Sentences with phrase «definition of fairness»

Those who argue that Kyoto should be ditched to be replaced by some other scheme (usually the pet scheme of the advocate) implicitly dismiss the extraordinary complexity and difficulty of reaching an agreement among some 200 highly diverse countries, each with its own definition of fairness, on the climate change issue.

Krueger suggests that people have to adjust their definition of fairness.

A more attainable definition of fairness, and the one adopted by the RSD, is that a system is fair if it sets rules governing enrollment and assignment in advance and then applies those rules consistently to all students.

Yet there really is no law that suggests the world should be fair — especially by your admittedly self - centered definition of fairness.

A Progressive tax rate (meaning that the rich pay more) is typically predicated on a very specific definition of fairness that realizes: An equal percentage is still harder on the poor.

To the layman that would seem to be unfair but the law has other definitions of fairness.

Facilitative: The mediator is helping the two parties make their decisions based on their individual definitions of fairness.

Not exact matches

Meta - fairness might be how «fair» it is to adopt the new definition, which is also poorly defined... and when you get tired of putting another turtle under the current one you are left with the original problem.

The Hyper Games do not inhibit athletes with arbitrary definitions of «fairness» or with patronizing safety rules.

Still others work with definitions of individual fairness that require algorithms to treat people who are similar barring one sensitive feature similarly.

The very definition of an easy target — and, in all fairness, it deserves every last bit of criticism.

Why does our definition of «fairness» and «equity» require that schools serving the less fortunate — and only those schools — must serve every child?

We highlight here the extent to which both students and educators have developed an expansive definition of legal rights of students, the relationship between this sense of legal entitlement and school disciplinary practices, and perceptions of the fairness and legitimacy of various school disciplinary practices.

The definition of equity begins with: «Educational equity is the condition of justice, fairness and inclusion in our systems of education so that all students have access to the opportunities to learn and develop to their fullest potentials.»

This would certainly be a step in the wrong direction, unless the state can demonstrate system reliability, validity, fairness, and the like (see definitions here), prior to the attachment of such consequences.

[14] The legislature's definition of «catastrophic impairment» is intended to foster fairness for victims of motor vehicle collisions by ensuring that accident victims with most health needs have access to expanded medical and rehabilitation benefits.

Our research team has now identified, analyzed, and entered into the database, over 200 family cases from across the country that raise important issues for SRLs, including costs, procedural fairness, accommodations, and shifting definitions of «vexatiousness» (often used to penalise or to exclude SRLs from continuing).

-LSB-...] The Alberta Law Reform Institute considered whether the New Rules should allow litigants to be assisted by a «McKenzie friend» adopting the definition of a McKenzie friend as being a -LSB-...] The McKenzie friend's support may range from a role similar to a legal expert (prompting the litigant to make useful points and representations, and examination of witnesses and giving -LSB-...] The rationale for allowing a McKenzie friend is fairness to self - represented litigants: R. v. Leicester City Justice; ex parte Barrow, [1991] 3 All E.R. 935, cited in CM 12.18 -LSB-...]

The Adjudicator decided that he could determine whether the termination was disciplinary or not in his preliminary decision (without reference to the definition of employee) and ultimately found that the termination was not disciplinary but that Mr. Dunsmuir had been denied procedural fairness.

Reg 5 (1) is circumscribed by reg 6 (2) which provides: «In so far as it is in plain intelligible language, the assessment of fairness of a term shall not relate: (a) to the definition of the main subject matter of the contract, or (b) to the adequacy of the price or remuneration, as against the goods or services supplied in exchange.»

Importantly, however, the fairness assessment is not applicable to terms in «plain and intelligible language» regarding the «definition of the main subject matter of the contract» or the «adequacy of the price or remuneration, as against the goods or services supplied in exchange», colloquially referred to by many as «price terms».

Don't compromise unless it meets your perfect definition of justice and fairness.