Sentences with phrase «deliberative body of persons»

However, with respect to the first of those issues, I find fascinating the British idea of «virtual representation,» which meant that so long as Parliament was a mixed deliberative body of persons that represented a variety of interests and opinions, then representation was real and valid even though citizens could not vote for members of Parliament.

Not exact matches

a deliberative body in which contributions are made by people of experience, expertise, and specialist knowledge;

Laws should be passed by a deliberative body, not a bunch of ignorant uninformed boobs being enticed to vote (quite possibly for the first time) by conniving evil doers appealing to people's worst instincts.

While not a very lofty body, I have participated in student government deliberative bodies (with $ 300K of budget authority, some quasi-judicial authority, control over a fair amount of real estate and a role in institutional governance committees) with about thirty elected representatives that operated with approval voting, feminist process and an affirmative stack for recognizing people in debate.

«A body of research shows that people who take the more deliberative approach of setting goals have a better likelihood of meeting them,» observes Jennifer Hobin, Ph.D., Director of Science Policy at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB).