Sentences with phrase «justice approach used»

Not exact matches

Under Justice Department guidelines, prosecutors must consider alternatives to search warrants by using the «least intrusive approach» to gathering evidence from an attorney's office.

The announcement that the U.S. Department of Justice would no longer adopt a «hands - off» approach to states that have legalized marijuana use initially sent some in the industry into a tailspin, just days after the $ 7 billion California recreational weed market opened for business.

Sen. Jeff Brandes hopes his «basket» of proposals will usher in a new approach to criminal justice in Florida that increases accountability, uses taxpayer money more efficiently and keeps people out of prison

I believe we have done a fair job of using reason as leaders from other countries routinely tour and study at our judicial centers in awe of the most fair and honest approach to justice the world has ever known.

In relation to television, this mission has expressed itself as attempts to be responsible in their approach to and use of television by stressing cooperative ventures, justice in programming through the representation of the variety of community beliefs and aspirations, and social responsibility through encouraging humanizing programs and television's responsiveness to the needs of society.

«I firmly believe that New York can develop an approach to marijuana regulation that addresses public health concerns while reducing the exposure of so many people, and particularly young people of color, to interactions with the criminal justice system that have much more damaging life consequences than marijuana use,» said state Sen. Liz Krueger (D - Manhattan), who's sponsored a bill that would legalize, regulate and tax pot.

These approaches need to be validated before we put them to use, but research suggests they could be a boon to the criminal justice system.

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer also used our studies as part of his research for Baze v. Rees in 2008, which upheld an earlier ruling in Kentucky that the state's approach to administering lethal injections does not violate the «cruel and unusual punishments» ban promised in the Eighth Amendment.

Much of her work has examined this environmental justice question in the context of ambient air pollution and indoor chemical exposures, prenatal exposures and effects on birth outcomes and children's health, often using community - based participatory research approaches for data collection and risk communication.

PROMISE employs both restorative justice principles and an RTI approach to promote conflict resolution and prevent gang involvement, drug use, and violence among students.

Another targeted program, restorative justice, uses peaceful and nonpunitive approaches to address misbehavior and solve problems in school.

I continue to wrestle with the legacy of privilege that many US independent schools share, so I approach this week curious about the strategies used by the Finnish school system to promote equity and justice for all students and families.

Charles uses his expertise as an educational justice organizer, strategist, advocate, and fundraiser to support Education Cities» member organizations with their approaches to community engagement and advocacy, with a special emphasis on lifting up the voices and influence of the parents and families most impacted by educational inequity.

Mr. Brabrand spoke of hope for the group, however, when he commented that the historical use of a legal approach to discipline and truancy is shifting to a more social - emotional, restorative justice sense.

Students, community groups, and legal advocates have all expressed their desire to the Coachella Valley Unified School District that it use some of its LCFF funds toward expanding restorative justice approaches in its schools.

The presenters explore one district's approach to using restorative justice and discuss how they made a real difference for their students through honest conversations, hard work, and strong partnerships.

With this case, the Institute for Justice will urge the Ninth Circuit to revisit its ruling, adopt the approach of the Eight Circuit, and stop, once and for all, the use of state Blaine Amendments to deny educational opportunities for children like Michael, Rachael and Skyler.

Finally, I would have liked to have seen some of the points of the SEE RESPECT platform highlighted, such as our dedication to combating institutional racism by advocating for a restorative justice approach to discipline replacing zero tolerance polices that have resulted in dramatically disproportion discipline used to punishing African American students.

Some of the components of this model are project based learning, transformational outcomes, travel, student internships, personalized learning plans (PLP's), service learning, seminars, advisories, using students as resources, interdisciplinary approach, cooperative learning, restorative justice and utilizing technology.

The state opted to use a cap - and - trade program to cut carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions from refineries, factories, power plants and other facilities, an approach CBE and other environmental justice groups strongly oppose.

I'd really like to put a strong emphasis on the importance of using these principles when speaking about a climate justice approach.

A better approach would be to use «development need» in a way that strengthens (from a justice perspective) the metric of historical responsibility by distinguishing between «survival» and «luxury» emissions.

Opened in 1957, it was designed to be «more clinic, than court,» fostering a child - centred approach to youth justice that aims to address the underlying factors that lead young people to conflict with the law, including problems at home, poverty and under - housing, substance use and mental health issues.

One final remark that arises from this case, is that although the Court is willing to use Article 47 CFR to provide greater access to justice before national courts, its approach towards standing in direct actions by individuals on the basis of Article 263 (4) TFEU appears to remain rather conservative, regardless of the inclusion of the Charter since Lisbon.

Introduce more effective regulation to restrict the marketing activities of referral agencies, such as claims management companies, and personal injury lawyers, in particular to control the volume of cold - call marketing practices.Create a more robust approach to medical assessments for workplace injuries by extending the use of independent medical panels to cover all personal injury claims, not simply whiplash - related personal injury claims as currently envisaged under Ministry of Justice proposals.

Indeed, the Chief Justice recognized that Delgamuukw affirmed a «territorial used - based approach to Aboriginal title» (para 57).

To the surprise of many, the Supreme Court of Canada rejected the narrow «postage stamp» or «site specific» approach to Aboriginal title used by the Court of Appeal, and adopted the broader territorial approach of Justice Vickers.

Brooklyn Law School and Villanova Law School epitomize this approach.78 For over thirty years, Brooklyn Law School has enabled students to choose a spring semester LRW section that focuses on international law.79 The Brooklyn class uses public international law issues that are set in the International Court of Justice at The Hague.

In this post I want to focus on another important part of creating the conditions for justice innovation, in particular how we might support innovators by rethinking our problem solving approaches and the methods we use to evaluate justice innovation initiatives.

In Kazakewich v. Kazakewich, [1936] A.J. No. 10 (C.A.), the Alberta Court of Appeal summed up the ratios in Lambe, Severn and Edwards in this way at paragraph 86: I take it then that in approaching the interpretation of the pertinent sections of The B.N.A. Act with respect to the administration of justice, a Court should keep in mind that these sections are embodied in an Imperial statute to which the ordinary rules for the interpretation of statutes apply, that therefore the intention of the framers of this Imperial statute must be ascertained as at the date of the enactment by having regard to the words employed without extraneous aids to interpretation where the language is unambiguous, and that having regard however to the nature of the statute, a great constitutional charter, the widest and most liberal construction of the words used should be adopted with a view to giving effect to the whole scheme of Canadian union [Emphasis Added].

In this regard, I note the elimination of the presumption of constitutionality, the metaphor of the living tree, and as Justice David Stratas identified last year in his keynote address, the court's repeated use of the purposive approach to interpret and expand in different cases, substantive Charter rights that had already been the subject of a purposive analysis.

Justice Matheson also rebuffed this approach, indicating that «the estimation of right ‑ thinking members of society individual» test used in Botiuk v. Toronto Free Press Publications Ltd. is an objective one,

Accordingly, the use of the term «regulatory act» in the draft amendment of that provision made it possible to identify the category of acts which might thereafter be the subject of an action for annulment under conditions less stringent than previously, while maintaining «a restrictive approach in relation to actions by individuals against legislative acts (for which the «of direct and individual concern» condition remains applicable)» (see, inter alia, Secretariat of the European Convention, Final report of the discussion circle on the Court of Justice of 25 March 2003, CONV 636/03, paragraph 22, and Cover note from the Praesidium to the Convention of 12 May 2003, CONV 734/03, p. 20).

While a Social Lab approach is new for the justice system, it has been used effectively around the world in other contexts including:

Under the lex loci delicti approach to tort conflicts used today in Canada and a minority of U.S. states, courts have often sought to avoid rigid application of the law of the «place of the wrong» through various escape devices implicating procedural, public policy or justice concerns.

Margaret Hagan, through Stanford's d.school and her Open Law Lab blog is contributing to projects across North America using a design - based approach to access to justice problem solving.

On June 1 and 2, an important step was taken towards using this approach in British Columbia as a strategy to improve the family justice system for children and families.

Joining a civil legal aid team using impact litigation and advocacy as its primary tools to pursue justice and equal rights through authentic and holistic service delivery to clients, CLSMF's Director of Litigation will support, refine, build, and maintain best in class approaches to support the expertise of our diverse and highly talented legal team, this Florida Attorney in good standing and experienced legal services litigator, will utilize the ability to simultaneously coordinate multiple complex cases in state and federal courts, while also monitoring and troubleshooting dozens of other significant cases handled by program staff.

Topics include: the digital divide and the risk of two tiers of justice; the role of the courts and law schools in providing legal services; the impact of technology on access to the legal system; basic practices for using technology to increase access; and the implications of technology - based dispute resolution mechanisms outside of the courts; a comparative analysis of the US approach to access to the legal system and other countries.

He further notes: «it is clear that the United Nations could make use of these various precedents in order to shape an approach to compensation as part of a broader package that would provide justice to the victims and be affordable.»

Justice Rapid Response takes a slightly different approach: it offers well - trained atrocities crime investigators who can be used by governments and international organisations at short notice.

In a sharp rebuke, Chantal - Aimée Doerries QC, Chairman of the Bar, said: «The government seems wedded to the principle that courts should be used as a source of revenue, despite repeated calls for a review and the growing evidence that this approach is effectively pricing people out of justice.

[9] Justice Rennie of the Federal Court has adopted this approach and held there is «new law» that now ««proper disclosure» of utility applies only to new use patents» — otherwise no disclosure is required in the patent for a sound prediction.

Obviously a holistic approach to addressing all problems can be called access to justice, but the label we use does not communicate a value proposition people who are not legally - embroiled.

While such arguments have mainly used approaches based on distributive justice and equity, this paper examines the issues of economic efficiency involved in the protection of TK.

They are, to use the words of Chief Justice Marshall, «designed to approach immortality as nearly as human institutions can approach it.»»

Many access to justice challenges, including meeting the needs of the public and helping people achieve their goals within the law, would benefit by reviewing and using this approach.

Justice Lauwers employed a purposive analysis, relying on the Court of Appeal's holding in Bapoo v. Co-operators general insurance, which instructs courts to use a modern approach that looks at a legislative provision in its total context.

MacPherson J.A. rejected Justice Lauwers» use of the implied exclusion approach to statutory interpretation, or «expressio unius est exclusio alterius.»

The BC Family Justice Innovation Lab is supporting this initiative, particularly through the use of developmental evaluation which encourages an iterative «learning as you go» approach.