Sentences with phrase «identity of a particular society»

If the Court is proposing that law is an external condition for the existence of society, the identity of a particular society being the result of its members observing a particular set of laws, then the law can not at the same time be a product of that society or an internal aspect of the identity of that society.

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[B] y denying that we exist — especially for women, society's designated nurturers, who feel this stereotype especially acutely — we are denied the chance to prove that, contrary to what one may instinctively characterize us as, this particular facet of our personalities, our identities as baby - haters, does not make us bad people.

Although never formally trained as an artist, Basquiat's natural talent as a painter and his profound life experiences prepared him for his aesthetic language and ability to illuminate the conflicts of his particular time and place in society including tensions of race, class, identity, and culture.

[10] «(d) a group shall be considered to form a particular social group where in particular: members of that group share an innate characteristic, or a common background that can not be changed, or share a characteristic or belief that is so fundamental to identity or conscience that a person should not be forced to renounce it, and that group has a distinct identity in the relevant country, because it is perceived as being different by the surrounding society; depending on the circumstances in the country of origin, a particular social group might include a group based on a common characteristic of sexual orientation.