Sentences with phrase «equality laws also»

Along with the right to marry in every state, marriage equality laws also gave couples the right to divorce, regardless of where they live.

Not exact matches

Well now if you had a majority group trying to use their beliefs in the making of laws that pertain to equality, you'd be taking a stand also.

Also, Ashers Bakery in Northern Ireland has taken its case to the UK Supreme Court after it was accused of breaching equality laws by refusing to make a cake which supported same - sex marriage.

I have shown that the strong assertion of individual equality in America took place against the background of religious hierarchical ideas — the Christian conception of divine / human relations — and classical philosophy, as in the idea of natural law, also ultimately hierarchical.

Also, Aspiration 3 states it in a different way, «Africa shall have a universal culture of good governance, democratic values, gender equality, respect for human rights, justice and the rule of law».

She spoke as Culture Secretary Maria Miller, who is also the Minister for Equalities, announced that the Church of England and the Church in Wales will be excluded from the government's planned new law to allow gay couples to marry.

Skelos also suggested that other aspects of the women's equality legislation as outlined by Cuomo — including a tightening of domestic violence laws and equal pay — could be dealt with.

We must also have a Governor willing to sign marriage equality into law.»

Although he's courted progressive adoration through a series of big - ticket achievements like the passage of New York's 2011 marriage equality law, he's also cut taxes for the wealthy and abandoned the liberal push for public financing of elections.

Also, so incredibly proud of the states that passed marriage equality laws.

It involves, for example, contracting with guests and customers, suppliers, employees and professional advisers; complying with regulations / laws by central and local government (licensing, health and safety, food standards, consumer protection all spring to mind); also you need to be aware of the hotelier's liability as an occupier and his liability for the property of guests and of many other areas of the law such as race relations, sex equality and potential legal issues arising from the letting of banqueting rooms and the hiring of entertainers, to name just a few.

COPOH was also granted intervener status in Andrews v. Law Society of British Columbia, [1989] 1 S.C.R. 143 (equality rights under ss.

«This is likely to be a landmark case determining the future direction of equality law in the UK, and potentially also in Europe.»

West Coast LEAF, a not - for - profit advocating for women's equality through legal initiatives, also proposes a «student - driven» legal clinic be set up in partnership with the province's law schools.

The equal footing doctrine, also known as equality of the states, is the principle in United States constitutional law that all states admitted to the Union under the Constitution since 1789 enter on equal footing with the 13 states already in the Union at that time.

In addition, the judge or justice should also consider the salutary and deleterious effects of producing the record on the complainant or witnesses right to equality, privacy and personal security under the law.

Sam Glover: We can still do it by focusing on learning and trying to change the situation at our own firm, the way we're welcoming to clients and employees, but also potentially working through law schools maybe and elementary schools and trying to increase social equality across the board and throughout the pipeline.

Our lawyers have also been at the forefront of many equality rights cases, including the first Supreme Court of Canada decision to deal with the Charter's equality rights provision, Andrews v. Law Society of British Columbia.

A powerful advocate for equality in legal education and for women's rights under the law, she also published numerous articles and book chapters on subjects including divorce, adoption, and reproductive rights.

That power is also defined by the applicable law and requirements of equality and fairness that underlie the arbitration process.

There are also going to easy questions, like, for example, whether a regulator acting under a public interest mandate should have an accurate name that the public understands or provide its imprimatur to — as one national newspaper has put it — a «gay - free» law school or, indeed, to take the highest profile example of late, require its members to act in ways that promote equality, diversity and inclusion.2 I don't say that these questions are easy because everyone will agree on them — clearly people have not and do not.

The members of SWUAV are predominantly street - based workers whereas the focus in Bedford has been decriminalizing the indoor trade, and where Bedford argued that the Criminal Code provisions violate s. 7 and s. 2 of the Charter, SWUAV also includes a s. 15 equality analysis citing how the laws have a disproportionate impact on marginalized groups.

As the Law Society has indicated, in the documentation accompanying the recommendation as well as the legal opinion that accompanied the report to Convocation, the duty to promote equality, diversity and inclusiveness — not only in our legal practices, but also in our public lives — is implicit in the existing rules and obligations governing licensees, and not a new obligation.

Summary: The billable hour has long been a staple of law firms, but it also appears to be hindering gender equality at major law firms.

She is also an active supporter of same sex equality and a certified family law mediator by Florida Supreme Court.

It is now also accepted by the Australian Government that substantive equality is the standard now required at international law.

Protection of culture is also provided by Article 5 (e)(vi) of CERD, which requires states to guarantee equality before the law in relation to:

[55] The international legal approach to equality is one of substantive rather than formal equality: G Triggs, «Australia's Indigenous Peoples and International Law» (1999) 23 Melbourne University Law Review 372 at 379 - 381; also Australian Law Reform Commission, Recognition of Aboriginal Customary Laws, Report No 31 (1986) paras 150, 158.

Governments must repeal repressive laws and end policies that reinforce discriminatory and stigmatizing practices that increase the vulnerability to HIV, while also passing laws that actively promote equality.

In my view this latter approach is consistent with a state's international law obligation not only to proscribe laws that limit the enjoyment of rights but also to promote laws that seek to achieve equality.

Just as the marriage equality law gave gay and lesbians the right to marry, it also gave them better legal positioning in cases of divorce and child custody.

The international legal approach to equality is one of substantive rather than formal equality: G Triggs, «Australia's Indigenous Peoples and International Law» (1999) 23 Melbourne University Law Review 372 at 379 - 381; also Australian Law Reform Commission, Recognition of Aboriginal Customary Laws, Report No 31 (1986) paras 150, 158.

There have also been numerous referenda and ballot measures to try to establish laws banning marriage equality.