Sentences with phrase «liberal approach to law»

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George's perfectionist theory of civil liberties merits scholarly attention, especially from liberals who too easily dismiss natural law thinking as an outdated approach to politics and ethics.

A subtle tweak in the approach to regulating legal highs could provide a glimmer of hope for campaigners demanding a more liberal approach to Britain's drug laws

The paper, whose authoritarian instinct on issues of crime has long explained MPs» aversion to drug law reform, is now unashamedly liberal in its approach.

In his keynote speech to the Liberal Democrat conference, the business secretary will announce plans for a tightening of the law to end the «slap on the wrist» approach to «dodgy directors».»

And while liberal activists might blanch at the Long Islander's law - and - order approach, it could serve to lift up the party's fortunes in rural and suburban swing precincts.

The Liberal Democrats roundly condemned this «frenzied approach to law - making» and accused Labour of having «an obsession with controlling the minutiae of everyday life.»

Brokered by liberal stalwart Ted Kennedy and then - House Education Committee Chairman John Boehner in 2001, the law combined a tough - minded approach to accountability that appealed to conservatives with new funding for poor children supported by progressives.

The new Liberal government has already expressed a desire to revisit this controversial approach to sentencing though unwinding laws that guarantee longer jail terms for gun crimes and child abusers may prove an unpopular move even to Trudeau's broad base of supporters.

The idea that people who hold personal, faith - based convictions that are contrary to liberal norms can not effectively teach the law, or approach education with an open and critical mind, is rooted in stereotype, not fact or logic.

While Lord Carnwath in Marks and Spencer considered that Lord Hoffmann's approach had not diluted the requirements for an implied term, Lord Neuberger's concern that Belize Telecom could be interpreted in that way was well - founded: as Lord Neuberger pointed out, both academic lawyers and judges had treated Belize Telecom as changing the law; and the tenant in Marks and Spencer contended that it had led to a more liberal approach.