Sentences with phrase «hard cases make»

It can be said with at least as much truth that hard cases make good law.

The sentencing judge commented that «hard cases make bad law and this is a hard case».

The old saying that hard cases make bad law is one is not always true is a recent case in the Privy Council demonstrates in a laudable effort to do justice to a litigant in person the Privy Council (Lords Mance and Neuberger and Sir Jonathan Parker) appear to have extended the application of res...

The old saying that hard cases make bad law is one is not always true is a recent case in the Privy Council demonstrates in a laudable effort to do justice to a litigant in person the Privy Council (Lords Mance and Neuberger and Sir Jonathan Parker) appear to have extended the application of res ipsa loquitor.

But do hard cases make bad law?

on Do Hard Cases Make «Inherently Bad Laws?»

Do Hard Cases Make «Inherently Bad Laws?»

Posted by: The ARL Editors in Articles August 27, 2014 Comments Off on Do Hard Cases Make «Inherently Bad Laws?»

August 27, 2014 Comments Off on Do Hard Cases Make «Inherently Bad Laws?»

Holmes wrote that «taxes are what we pay for civilized society» and that «great cases like hard cases make bad law.»

If hard cases make bad law, soft science makes sensible politics even harder.

There is an old and valuable legal principle, which transcends several cultures and civilisations: «hard cases make bad law.»

Eric Bernthal, a lawyer and Maryland resident who chairs The HSUS's board of directors, says the court's ruling reminds him of an old saying: Hard cases make bad law.

Lawyers are fond of saying that hard cases make bad law.

There's a saying in legal circles that «hard cases make bad law.»

This hard case makes your Note Edge considerably more rugged, and adds in a kickstand to prop it up at the same time.

Not exact matches

But I also know that hard cases often wind up making bad laws.

It's hard to make the case against listening.

So it would be harder to make the case that Apple's choice to not show auto - playing videos is anti-competitive.

But the strong increase in jobs in January may make it harder to continue to make that case and to prove that his stimulus efforts are needed.

Joost van Dreunen, CEO of SuperData Research, believes there certainly is a viable business case to be made for providing audio speakers for people who are hard of hearing, because we're on the brink of a demographic shift toward «silver gamers.»

But shrinking attention spans coupled with an exponentially - increasing supply of online information is making it harder for us to plead our case to the judge.

Lawyers and prosecutors say that requiring such proof would make it harder for authorities to pursue insider trading cases, potentially preventing prosecutions in which corporate executives tip friends or relatives without any tangible quid pro quo.

If more and more customers take a liking to the idea, it might make it harder for net neutrality advocates to make their case.

In the Hulk Hogan case, which was also based on an invasion of privacy claim, Harder sued Gawker Media for publishing a clip from a sex video that the former wrestler made with a friend's wife, and won a $ 140 million judgment from a Florida jury.

In all of the above cases the entrepreneur who is susceptible to the confirmation bias will look for information and analyze it in a way that will yield: 1) fewer competitors rather than more, because it increases the viability of the start - up, 2) underestimation of the capabilities of the competition because stronger competitors will make life harder for the entrepreneur, 3) view of the company's product as fully addressing the needs of the customer because otherwise the start - up is at a weaker position in the marketplace, and 4) need for less resources rather than more because it generally makes raising the money easier.

I feel that hard cases travel better and make me feel much more organized.

Investments last longer «Places like San Francisco, New York, and Boston are great cities, but there are issues like cost of living and schools that can make it hard for entrepreneurs and their employees,» Case says.

Love her or hate her — and boy, do some people ever hate her — it's hard to make a credible case that she isn't prepared for the job.

Westfield Valley Fair Mall is just a case study in what hard decisions businesses across the country will soon be forced to make as new minimum wage laws take effect.

Here are three reasons why making the case for delivery drones could be a hard sell.

There are also cases where if I make the task slightly harder for you, you'll learn better because you'll be forced to concentrate more or maybe you will have to read it three times instead of once.

For chaebols then, it's likely a case of being caught between a rock and a hard place: The companies have to deal with the fallout from the recent scandal, as well as follow through with the promises they had made in the lead up to the Olympics.

The series of studies tested the effects of power hierarchies on team productivity by creating teams with either a mixed propensity towards leadership — in one case some participants were primed to feel powerful by thinking of a time they wielded power over others while others subjects were asked to envision a time they were bossed around before joining the group — or teams made up entirely of hard charging leadership types or participants primed for a meeker, go along, get along approach.

In the overall scheme of things, it's hard to make the case that the Watch brings that much new to the party.

It's often the case in reading economic data that we get conflicting signals that make it hard to judge the overall pace of the economy.

The idea that during the rebalancing process Chinese growth can drop as sharply as it has for every other country that has gone through a similar rebalancing is still hard to accept, even though a little digging would make it clear that analysts underestimated the pace of slowdown during each of the previous cases too.

And in most cases big TV advertisers have yet to move much of their budget over to digital, even though Facebook and Google are working hard to make that happen.

Honestly, it is hard to think of a case where cash doesn't make the most sense for your business.

This book makes the case for index investing and why it is the best way to invest your hard - earned dollars.

Meeting with the national chairs of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) in Vancouver last week, Canada's International Trade Minister Ed Fast worked hard to make a convincing case that Canada is serious and is engaged for the long term.

The economy is going to get worse before it gets better, but I think it's very hard to make a bear case at these levels, with dividend yields well over stupidly expensive government bonds in the US and the UK.

And given that Mr. Hogan has had financial ups and downs, the cost of the hundreds of motions his lawyers made is significant, and the chances the award is significantly reduced based on previous cases he lost making the same claims in federal court, it's hard to completely understand the motivations at play.

Even though there is much to like about CWGL, we find it hard to make a case that it offers a compelling valuation with a sufficient margin of safety at its current valuation.

Way to many different segments and sectors within a single company makes it hard to figure out the bear / bull cases.

It's hard to see an economic case even if somehow the Fremont Model 3 line can be made to work.

In any case, the present move is a shock for the cryptographic money, made by means of a hard fork of the Bitcoin blockchain toward the beginning of August this year.

In this case, Wachtell's bylaw could chill shareholder activist activity by making it harder to obtain qualified director nominees.

But to claim that God would bless you by making life harder on another human being, in this case your own son, is beyond belief.

Well it is true that some people seek sorcerers to implement Jinn that are satanic demons into mankind or his house or his business to finish him or make his life miserable or to stop flow of his business income... In such case it is either you are religious enough and say your prayers often then it becomes hard for this to harm you or otherwise you need to find some one who practice exorcism to remove this evil... But many are just pretending to be good at it and help you not but squeeze money out of you with tales and stories... There is another type of possessions and that is not through a sorcerer but directly by coincidence what man is at his weakest moments and those weakest moments for a possessions are when you come through a great fear or when cry or laugh loudly in hysteria, or during a certain moment of mating... or even when sneezing loudly... That's why there are prayers to be said on daily basis to guard you from such things and specially if passing haunted places such as deserted houses but most evil ones are residents of public toilets and market places... Some of them even would claim that you have made a wrong action by which you have killed a dear one to them and for that they have possessed you and that is mostly night time such as throwing a cigaret butt to a dark place or stepping killing an insect or even an animal at night which could have been one of them or possessed by one of them... So this is true thing happening to many who suffer unexplainable illnesses or sufferings which could look like mental illness that comes and goes as pleased...