Westchester residents put their principles of
equity and fairness into action at the polls, and now it's our job as their representatives to follow through with legislation that embodies those principles.
Not exact matches
What began in 1983 as a noble piece of federal legislation that sought to place science ahead of politics,
and fairness,
equity,
and openness above congressional parochialism has degenerated
into a technical
and ethical quagmire, where facts are routinely twisted to serve predetermined ends
and where «might makes right» has replaced «consultation, concurrence,
and cooperation» as the federal mantra for the program.
In addition to infusing these tenets
into their practice, teachers should actively facilitate meaningful discussions with students about
fairness,
equity,
and diversity.
As a liberal who is theoretically supportive of unions, public education, governmental social programs,
and wary of the private marketplace as the engine of justice,
equity,
and fairness, some may assume I fall
into the anti-charter school, anti-school choice camp.
Stretching late
into the evening hours, members of the charter school community testified passionately before the committee on behalf of
fairness and equity for charter schools.
Equity also imposed a duty of
fairness on solicitors in contracting with clients, requiring the solicitor to establish, for example, that the client understood the agreement, that the price was reasonable,
and «that the transaction was in all respects fair,
and such as an independent solicitor who had performed his duty, would have advised his client to enter
into.»
We find
equity and fairness require the family court to carry the terms of the Final Decree
into effect by requiring Husband, Son,
and the LLC to join in the execution of the deeds to the subject properties to Wife.
Contracts require a meeting of the minds to occur
and, when terms of the contract are unclear, they are either held against the drafter of the contract (if one party did most of the writing of the contract) or judged based on concepts of
equity,
fairness,
and what a reasonable person entering
into such an agreement would expect.