Sentences with phrase «equal justice for society»

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Curiously, however, the demand for the term «social justice» did not arise until modern times, in which more complex societies operate by impersonal rules applied with equal force to all under «the rule of law.»

Governor Ambode said experience over the years has shown that societies with equal and unhindered access to justice have a better environment for economic growth and poverty alleviation than those that do not.

Union activists, in the words of John Stocks, spoken two years earlier, are «social justice patriots» who «put the power of our soul to work to defend democracy, to fight for equal opportunity, and to create a more just society.»

Situated on a site in Montgomery, Alabama where enslaved people were once warehoused, the museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice are part of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society.

To be sure, the signature message from the work of Dr. King, Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood Marshall, and others, or lawyers today, is that creative arguments and a passion for justice are the key ingredients necessary for litigators to move us closer to a just and equal society.

Seymour W. James Jr., Attorney - in - Chief of The Legal Aid Society, was also recognized for his over 40 years of service as an advocate for equal justice.

The Legal Aid Society exists for one simple yet powerful reason: to ensure that no New Yorker is denied their right to equal justice because of poverty.

We hope you will agree that such a society can not exist without equal access to justice for everyone who needs to protect and enforce their rights.

But such clients, prevented from enjoying the basic rights and benefits of this society, epitomize the fight for equal justice.

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We will work together to envision equal justice and develop practical strategies, skills and tools for building a more just society through enhanced and effective approaches for resolving legal problems.

Equal access to our justice system is a necessary precondition for a society in which women are full participants in all social, economic, and political activities.

In 2017, she was honored with the Legal Advocate Award from the Center for Workers» Rights and with a civil rights award from the Equal Justice Society.

In addition to his professional affiliations, Mr. Marshall is extremely active in community affairs and serves on the boards of the Equal Justice Society, the United Negro College Fund, and HomeBase / The Center for Common Concerns.