Sentences with phrase «legal traditions of people»

«It's important the faculty learn from the elders themselves about what the indigenous legal traditions of people in Southwestern Ontario are,» says Waters.

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In nearly every nation whose cultural heritage, moral and legal systems developed from this western, Christian tradition, he is free to insult people of faith as much as he wishes.

@RUReal, «In nearly every nation whose cultural heritage, moral and legal systems developed from this western, Christian tradition, he is free to insult people of faith as much as he wishes.»

Today there are reasons to modify this composite tradition; to differentiate qualities of the «intention to die»; to open up options in medical practice, legal practice and pastoral ministry to understand, allow, perhaps even encourage and help persons who wish to die.

But Canada has developed a strong tradition of keeping church and state separate and the idea of injecting religious imagery into the legal system makes many people uncomfortable, says James Stribopoulous, a professor specializing in criminal and constitutional law at Osgoode Hall Law School.

She noted that we need to start from a personal, rather than professional standpoint and that formation of authentic relationships with Indigenous people is a necessary foundation to any understanding of Indigenous legal tradition.

He is very excited about being able to join the attorneys at Gary C. Johnson, P.S.C. and continue the tradition of providing excellent legal service to the people of eastern Kentucky, southeastern Kentucky and central Kentucky.

Stephen Gillers, an expert on legal ethics at New York University Law School, sees many more missteps in the future, as young people who grew up with Facebook and other social media enter a profession governed by centuries of legal tradition.

In her paper «Indigenous Legal Traditions and the Challenge of Intercultural Legal Education in Canadian Law Schools,» Hannah askew describes the growing recognition, in Canada, that the development and protection of the rights of Indigenous people must draw not only on common law and civil law, but also on Indigenous legal traditLegal Traditions and the Challenge of Intercultural Legal Education in Canadian Law Schools,» Hannah askew describes the growing recognition, in Canada, that the development and protection of the rights of Indigenous people must draw not only on common law and civil law, but also on Indigenous legal tTraditions and the Challenge of Intercultural Legal Education in Canadian Law Schools,» Hannah askew describes the growing recognition, in Canada, that the development and protection of the rights of Indigenous people must draw not only on common law and civil law, but also on Indigenous legal traditLegal Education in Canadian Law Schools,» Hannah askew describes the growing recognition, in Canada, that the development and protection of the rights of Indigenous people must draw not only on common law and civil law, but also on Indigenous legal traditlegal traditionstraditions.

The legal and practical impacts of federal deregulation, however, have had an important counterpoint in the dynamic revitalization process that another area of law has been undergoing in Canada today: the legal traditions of Indigenous peoples.

As more people participate in understanding and applying Indigenous norms, the potential exists for the widening of our interpretive legal communities and the improvement of each legal tradition.

That view threatens the lives of people with disabilities and is deeply offensive to fundamental constitutional values and to legal traditions which recognize that parents do not enjoy unfettered power with respect to the lives of their children.

Edwin (Ed) W. Orr is proud to carry on the tradition of practicing general litigation law, representing people in order to help them and solve their legal problems effectively and efficiently.

For example, in some legal traditions creation stories carry significant weight in determining the degree of attachment of certain peoples to particular places.

From a scholarly perspective, I found that it's a proud part of our constitutional tradition, that it's perfectly legal and indeed was embraced by the framers as a way to protect people from too powerful law enforcement and too powerful prosecutors.

The Chief Justice held that s. 6 of the Act protects both the functioning and the legitimacy of the Supreme Court as a general court of appeal for Canada, at para. 49: «The purpose of s. 6 is to ensure not only civil law training and experience on the Court, but also to ensure that Quebec's distinct legal traditions and social values are represented on the Court, thereby enhancing the confidence of the people of Quebec in the Supreme Court as the final arbiter of their rights.»

Perhaps there is some equivalent in Louisiana law, which is cobbled together from the legal traditions of the French, the Deep South, riverboat gamblers, corrupt cops, bead - and - tit based economies, and people who clean up vomit for a living.

Hailing from a family of family law lawyers that have served the people of Arizona for over 60 years, Tucson divorce lawyer Steve Weinstein is proud to continue the tradition of legal excellence throughout the state.

Member States should also provide, where appropriate and in accordance with their national traditions and practice, protection for legal persons where they suffer discrimination on grounds of the racial or ethnic origin of their members.»

The joint degree will be taught by comparing and contrasting indigenous peoples» legal traditions with those of common law.

(55) Cohen saw the doctrine of domestic dependent nations as reflecting the twin international legal traditions of attribution of sovereignty to Indigenous peoples and the guardianship principle.

The amendments will remove an injustice that Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders have long faced in the Australian legal system because of their oral tradition of knowledge.

give legal recognition and protection to lands, territories and resources owned, used or otherwise acquired by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, respecting the customs, traditions and land tenure systems of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples concerned (art 26)