Sentences with phrase «legal prohibitions against»

Anthony Housefather has announced his plans to introduce a private member's bill, which would repeal the current legal prohibitions against paying for a surrogate.

In this specific case there are probably existing legal prohibitions against the landlord doing that, since housing is a highly regulated industry and most jurisdictions have rules that limit circumstances for retaining a damage deposit.

But for the same reasons we both likely reject government - mandated organ donations, I reject legal prohibitions against the right of a mother to choose to terminate a pregnancy prior to external viability (i.e. ~ 22 - 24 wks).

Legal prohibitions against assisted suicide have no genuine intellectual foundation; they are but the arbitrary moral sentiments of prior eras that make no binding claim upon us.

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And it can use the legal argument that sexual orientation and gender expression fit into the prohibition against discrimination based on sex, says Mark T. Phillis, a Littler Mendelson shareholder and co-chair of its diversity and inclusion council.

The confidence in Bitcoin may break as a result of unexpected changes such as: unfavorable legal regulations, banning electronic legal tenders, introducing the prohibition on trading in virtual currency in specific areas, imposing high taxes, creating competitive alternative currencies, deflation, and other factors which may significantly affect the shaping of the exchange rate of Bitcoin against other currencies.

From this fact arose all sorts of legal provisions — prohibitions against removing one's neighbor's landmark (there were no surveyors with compasses in those days or recorded deeds of landholdings), injunctions to bring the first fruits of the land as a gift to God, provisions for observing the harvest festivals, ordinances as to slaves and «the stranger within the gates.»

Drawing on examples of what is happening in the Netherlands, where the practice of PAS and euthanasia (voluntary and involuntary) has increased even though not formally legal, Manning, Larson and Amundsen suggest that the policy and practice of euthanasia / PAS would weaken the general prohibition against killing.

One of the strongest arguments in recent years for abolishing the death penalty has arisen, not from the moral prohibition against the taking of life, but from the fact that with rare exceptions those who are executed are people who lack the means to secure good legal assistance, or lack the educational background to make full use of such assistance, or lack the social status which brings the case to public attention.11

In this essay, I have referred only to the book of Genesis and thus have chosen not to mention the prohibitions against homosexuality included in Leviticus, for it seems to me that what is at stake now is not homosexuality, which is a fact, a reality, whatever my view of it as a rabbi might be, but the risk of irreversibly scrambling genealogies, questions of legal and social status (the child - as - subject becoming child - as - object), and identities — a confusion that would be harmful to society as a whole and that would lose sight of the general interest in seeking the advantage of a tiny minority.

The recommendations included changes to how the NYPD's patrol guide explains the legal thresholds for making various kinds of stops, and better explaining the prohibition against racially - motivated stops.

Clegg's newly robust stance chimes with a growing international trend toward liberalisation, with some US states experimenting with new legal frameworks and Latin American countries kicking back against pressure from the UN to maintain prohibition.

France's Council of State, which advises the government on legal issues and is the nation's highest administrative court of appeal, today upheld a September European Court of Justice ruling that found that France's 2008 prohibition against Monsanto's MON810 variety was out of line on procedural grounds.

Activists say that officially no legal prohibition exists in Iran against keeping dogs as pets.

It is a catalog of and prohibition against every bad legal writing practice.

The Community Covenant discriminates against any and all who are not prepared to live by its terms, which include prohibitions on many activities which are perfectly legal in Canada, including drunkenness, swearing, adultery, sexual promiscuity, pornography, etc..

If there are some legal services that can be effectively and properly be provided in other ways, how can current regulatory prohibitions against other means of legal service delivery be justified.

Jurors» veto power was designed into the American legal system through such provisions as prohibitions against defendants being put at risk of double jeopardy and against punishing jurors for their verdicts.

There is no prohibition against a party seeking legal advice in advancing or defending a matter before the CRT, but unless one of the described circumstances apply, the party will have to act on their own behalf in their dealings with the CRT.

Sadly, many of the few prohibitions that still exist are a relic of the Civil Rights era, when state lawmakers in certain states tried to use this out - dated concept to make it difficult for impoverished minority plaintiffs in Civil Rights cases to gain legal support in the battle against racial segregation.

Although there is a prohibition against plea bargaining driving while intoxicated charges, a prosecutor may exercise prosecutorial discretion and downgrade or even dismiss a 39:4 - 50 if there is legal basis to do so outside of pure plea bargaining.

The Court of Appeal confirmed, as it had done before, that the key elements of the Tutor Time Exception (the legal elements to enforce a negotiated release, despite the statutory prohibition against releases) require a voluntarily - negotiated settlement of existing statutory claims, agreed with the benefit of legal advice, in settlement of a dispute for existing and known breaches.

David Bilinsky, also of the LSBC, posted a helpful response on Slaw with «Frequently Asked Questions (And Answers) on BC Lawyers» Use of Cloud Computing,» where he states there is «no prohibition against using services in which servers are located outside Canada» with the same rider: «the lawyer must ensure use of the service complies with any legal limitations on where the records can be stored.»

This means the moral hazard, if it's anywhere, will be on the plaintiff side — but not if the ethical prohibitions against participating in frivolous suits (as well as rule 11 etc.) were incorporated into insurance company contracts, so that plaintiffs would not have the opportunity to moral - hazardly overuse their insurance lawyer services for frivolous litigation... in fact, the whole notion of moral hazard with lawyers seems to be implausible, since unlike doctors, one generally knows when one is being screwed and needs the legal system.

By its terms the bulletin «provides an overview of RESPA's prohibitions against kickback and unearned fees and general information on MSAs, describes examples of market behavior gleaned from CFPB's enforcement experience in this area, and describes the legal and compliance risks (it has) observed from such arrangements.»

Legal action instigated by the bureau in the late 1980s led to fines against several Calgary Realtors and the issuing of a Prohibition Order under which CREA and its boards and associations operated for 10 years.