Sentences with phrase «individuals legal power»

Not exact matches

Even the compelling power of legal statutes is only as effective as is the action of those individuals whose task it is to judicially enforce those civil laws, or as the laws themselves are commonly upheld by the citizenry.

In the eighteenth century, radical campaigners like John Wilkes used these principles to challenge the oppressive powers of the British government, campaigning for individual rights and protections from legal tyranny.

Plaintiff states again that 2nd Defendant has not said a word against this marauding show of power without any legal justification by the 1st Defendant's request of a deposit of filing fees for the 2016 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections thereby embolden 1st Defendant in perpetuating these obvious illegalities against the political parties and individual candidates in this 2016 general elections.

But I want those powers to be regulated by the well established legal safeguards which protect individuals from coercive state power, not be given away carte blanche, allowing deliberate back door vulnerabilities to be created and contractors to roam through my browsing history.

With more than 30 state lawmakers who have been embroiled in legal or ethical dilemmas since 2000, the state needs an independent watchdog with subpoena powers to not only examine individual instances of wrongdoing, but also to propose solutions to systemic problems of corruption that plague New York.

Sens. James Inhofe of oil - and - gas - rich Oklahoma and Roger Wicker of Mississippi separately questioned the EPA's legal authority to require individual states to reduce their power plant emissions.

Origin is a terrible idea, and after just being forced to update it again today I have noticed that the EULA stipulates a legal clause that contractually denies both EA and individuals the right to a class - action suit and trial by a jury (basically removing the power multiple individual's have over it).

All the same, as in Salvatore Giuliano and Il caso Mattei, Rosi's interest is not so much in exploring the charismatic individual per se but more in attempting to uncover the social, political, legal and illegal networks within which these individuals both exercise their power and within which they are, in a sense, imprisoned and by which they are, ultimately, crushed.

(2) signed by an individual, or his parent, to the effect that he has been denied admission to or not permitted to continue in attendance at a public college by reason of race, color, religion, or national origin, and the Attorney General believes the complaint is meritorious and certifies that the signer or signers of such complaint are unable, in his judgment, to initiate and maintain appropriate legal proceedings for relief and that the institution of an action will materially further the orderly achievement of desegregation in public education, the Attorney General is authorized, after giving notice of such complaint to the appropriate school board or college authority and after certifying that he is satisfied that such board or authority has had a reasonable time to adjust the conditions alleged in such complaint, to institute for or in the name of the United States a civil action in any appropriate district court of the United States against such parties and for such relief as may be appropriate, and such court shall have and shall exercise jurisdiction of proceedings instituted pursuant to this section, provided that nothing herein shall empower any official or court of the United States to issue any order seeking to achieve a racial balance in any school by requiring the transportation of pupils or students from one school to another or one school district to another in order to achieve such racial balance, or otherwise enlarge the existing power of the court to insure compliance with constitutional standards.

Power of Attorney: Legal document that allows one person to make decisions, including financial ones, on behalf of another individual.

Lasting power of attorney is the name given to the legal process that transfers control of somebody's affairs to another individual.

Pruitt will argue that requiring outside - the - fenceline changes exceeds EPA's legal authority, that EPA can only require changes to individual power plants themselves — say, boiler upgrades, or the like.

It then proceeded to applied this principle to case before it: «[20] It follows from the foregoing that a body, whatever its legal form, which has been made responsible, pursuant to a measure adopted by the State, for providing a public service under the control of the State and has for that purpose special powers beyond those which result from the normal rules applicable in relations between individuals is included in any event among the bodies against which the provisions of a directive capable of having direct effect may be relied upon.»

In estate planning, a power of attorney is a legal document that authorizes another person called «the agent» to act on behalf of the individual who created the document, known as «the principal».

The lawyers (including benchers) representing such ABS investors will make millions of dollars in legal fees from representing them in individual negotiations with hundreds of client - starved law firms — like shooting fish in a barrel; the «fish» having no bargaining power.

If this reflects your current situation, you may wish to seek legal advice in making a lasting power of attorney (LPA), where you can appoint a trusted individual to make welfare and / or financial decisions on your behalf.

A General Power of Attorney document authorizes an individual (Agent or attorney - in - fact) to act on another's (Grantor or Principal) behalf in legal, financial, and business matters.

DLA Piper has also developed a legal empowerment programme that involves providing legal education modules to people from disadvantaged communities on areas of the law such as police stop and search powers and neighbourhood housing disputes, helping to improve individuals» knowledge of the law and their rights.

In the Charter terminology, the notion of «principle» points towards a more open obligation of the public powers, as it would not define an individual legal situation, but general topics and results which condition the actions of all public powers (para 50).

The note reminds practitioners that pursuant to ss 27 and 28 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 the court has a discretionary power to grant lay individuals rights of audience.

We provide a range of services from advice to extended legal representation to individuals on consumer issues, housing, eligibility for public benefits, wills and powers of attorney, and protection from abuse and neglect.

And it's a great excuse for any blogger to look back and see how the accumulated power of individual posts, a few each week, can change the course of your career — and maybe even the legal profession.

When a non-profit organization is incorporated it becomes a legal entity with virtually the same powers as an individual.

These great successes prove that the «unaffordable legal services problem» can be solved with the power of a collectively as represented by a law society, rather than attempting to do so by way of the very limited powers and resources of individual law firms negotiating with high - powered investors.

HG.org, realizing the power and the reach of the Internet, developed the first self - listing directories online, where attorneys can provide comprehensive information about their individual law firm and their services directly to the legal community and the public, for a nominal cost, accessible at the click of a button.

For example: (a) subject to confirmation of appointment by the BVI IAC, parties are free to nominate an individual for appointment as arbitrator, whether or not that person is included in the BVI IAC's panel of arbitrators (article 7 (4)-RRB-; (b) the Secretariat has the power to change time periods under these Rules (e.g. articles 4 (1), 8 (2)(b), 9 (3) and 41 (4)-RRB-; (c) arbitrations can be brought to the BVI IAC under contracts and other legal instruments (e.g., article 23 (1)-RRB-; (ix) provide that the responsibility for fixing fees and expenses of the arbitral tribunal, the costs of expert advice and of other assistance required by the arbitral tribunal and the administrative expenses of the BVI IAC lies with the Secretariat (article 42).

Partners at Freshfields, which currently has no power to reduce an individual's equity share, told Legal Week that the firm's management has held tentative discussions with the wider partnership about modifying its system.

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The following provisions shall apply to States Parties which have a federal or non-unitary constitutional system: (a) with regard to the provisions of this Convention, the implementation of which comes under the legal jurisdiction of the federal or central legislative power, the obligations of the federal or central government shall be the same as for those States Parties which are not federal States; (b) with regard to the provisions of this Convention, the implementation of which comes under the jurisdiction of individual constituent States, countries, provinces or cantons which are not obliged by the constitutional system of the federation to take legislative measures, the federal government shall inform the competent authorities of such States, countries, provinces or cantons of the said provisions, with its recommendation for their adoption.

In McGuffie, Justice Doherty also relied upon the power imbalance rationale that was emphasized by Chief Justice McLachlin in R v Suberu, [2009] 2 SCR 460, where she and Justice Louise Charron wrote jointly, at para. 40: ``... [T] he purpose of s. 10 (b) is to ensure that individuals know of their right to counsel, and have access to it, in situations where they suffer a significant deprivation of liberty due to state coercion which leaves them vulnerable to the exercise of state power and in a position of legal jeopardy.

The Committee is particularly critical of the Government's intention that powers under clause 17 should be used, at the discretion of ministers, to determine the legal status of individual pieces of retained direct EU law.

As noted above, a power of attorney or other legal relationship to an individual is not necessary for these informal discussions about the individual for the purpose of assisting in or providing a service related to the individual's care.

The definition the term «employee» to mean: an individual employed by an employer, except that the term «employee» shall not include any person elected to public office in any State or political subdivision of any State by the qualified voters thereof, or any person chosen by such officer to be on such officer's personal staff, or an appointee on the policy making level or an immediate adviser with respect to the exercise of the constitutional or legal powers of the office.

«But seeing those inequalities manifest themselves within the legal system is very powerful and as such does give you more impetus to say; if I ever had any power this is how I might exercise it, or down the road if I do get a chance to help people I can more thoroughly understand not only their own individual situation but how the changes in the legal system have affected them historically and how it might affect them in the future.»

The Department of Education and Skills has no legal powers to investigate individual complaints about schools or to instruct schools to follow a particular course of direction with regard to individual complaints.

Negotiating for an outcome that will affect legal rights and subject an individual to potential contempt and the police power of the state if agreed provisions are allegedly violated is the province of lawyers, and lawyers only, and not mental health professionals.

It is the practice of law when the outcome of a process is to produce legal agreements — contracts — enforceable by a court of law and the state's police power, and which in fact will affect an individual's legal rights for years to come (notwithstanding the interests - based win - win versus rights - based positional bargaining structure to get there).

It is the practice of law when the outcome of a process is to produce legal agreements — contracts — enforceable by a court of law and the state's police power, and which in fact will affect an individual's legal rights for years to come.