Sentences with phrase «make justice processes»

If that's the case, we do need to think about how to make justice processes «easier» for self - represented litigants.

[1] It was designed to make the justice process available to anyone in the country, regardless of how much they earn.

Not exact matches

In particular, the Trade Justice Network would like trade deals to be analyzed by the Parliamentary Budget Officer as part of a process of full accountability to Parliament, a recommendation made earlier today by Senator Céline Hervieux - Payette.

Finally, in response to Pixley's paper, I want to articulate two questions which are pertinent to raise in the consideration of Marxism today, then to deal with the explicit question of justice, and lastly to make a proposal for the consideration of process thinkers.

It has insisted on equality between women and men, and on justice for women regarding access to basic needs, the means of sustaining a livelihood and the decision - making processes that organize and regulate the common life.

The domination of a rich and powerful elite over the masses, religious and caste groups organizing to usurp political power, a virtual collapse of the secular framework of the Constitution, continuing misery of the poor and their exclusion from all decision - making process, new ethnic identities and their struggle for justice — these are some of them.

But what makes it a constitutional right so implicit in due process that without it neither liberty nor justice would exist?

I have very firm faith in the justice system and will wait for that process to unfold before making any further comments,» he said.

In this issue, we ask, how should processes of neoliberal globalisation make us think about global justice beyond the state?

The 69 - page judgment in suit no: FHC / IKJ / CS / 248/2011 signed by Honourable Justice Mohammed Idris reads in part: «Transparency in the decision making process and access to information upon which decisions have been made can enhance accountability.»

Clinton said she is confident that President Obama will nominate a US Supreme Court justice to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia who has gone through a confirmation process before, making it harder for Republicans to block the nomijustice to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia who has gone through a confirmation process before, making it harder for Republicans to block the nomiJustice Antonin Scalia who has gone through a confirmation process before, making it harder for Republicans to block the nomination.

The two said they studied the recommendations made in a report by the Independent Commission on New York City Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform and claim their proposal could streamline the process.

He described the application leading to the interim forfeiture order as an abuse of court processes, contending that Justice Anka ought not to have made the order because, according to him, the judge did not have jurisdiction to entertain the case.

Another change would no longer allow for gun registrations to be made public and give counties and the state Division of Criminal Justice Services more oversight of the license recertification process, not State Police.

«Not only is inclusion better than exclusion from a moral and social - justice standpoint, but the inclusion of diverse views from diverse people with diverse life stories and experiences leads to a better, more robust decision - making process and far superior results whether in a classroom or in a boardroom,» said Lana D. Benatovich, president of the National Federation of Just Communities of Western New York.

I see it as my job to get in there and make use of these new rules or these new positions for environmental justice in decision - making processes, really implementing the fundamental groundwork that's been laid over the past several years.

«The environmental justice issues facing Native American communities range from direct environmental, public health, cultural and sacred sites impacts, to lack of meaningful involvement and fair treatment in the governmental decision - making processes,» according to an emailed response by the EPA's press office.

It has evaded standard rule - making procedures designed to collect evidence and encourage public participation; ignored the Supreme Court's interpretation of Title IX; pressured schools to adopt disciplinary proceedings that deny due process to the accused; insisted upon a definition of sexual harassment so broad that it threatens free speech on campus; and created within colleges units dedicated to reeducating students on all matters sexual and on the dictates of «social justice.»

Guided by criteria developed with the input of hundreds of students across the city, the youth panelists provided formal feedback to the Boston School Committee on each candidate, evaluating them on their willingness to allow students to be involved in the decision - making process, their focus on equity in Boston schools, and their willingness to embrace and implement restorative justice practices to limit harsh school discipline.

Prior to Justice's aggressive pursuit of these settlements, if the FHA identified an underwriting error the lender would simply indemnify the FHA and not process the claim, effectively making it a lender - owned loan.

To make a decision about whether or not to disclose a crime or violation and participate in the judicial or conduct process and / or criminal justice process free from pressure by the School;

Paglen himself is at the technical cutting - edge of both photographic and software technology, making his process almost impossible to do justice to in our framework.

The environmental justice (EJ) movement seeks to change that by giving disenfranchised communities — often communities of color — a voice and empowering them to organize and get involved in decision making processes.

The Aarhus Convention obliges its signatories to grant the public rights of access to information, participation in decision making process and access to justice on environmental issues.

These ten strategies could help make sure that the process of meeting climate goals provides benefits in health, justice, jobs and resilience.

Justice Archie Campbell saw through the OSC's tactic, noting the defence «has a right to make allegations of abuse of process and prosecutorial misconduct» and he refused to kick Hryn off, noting there was a «real basis for the defence concern about Mr. Naster's failure to appreciate his duty to follow adverse rulings.

While the panel took into account «the investment in these proceedings, in terms of time, emotion and money and the genuine public interest and importance in knowing the findings of the panel in respect of the allegations which have been made,» it found that the disclosure failings were «an abuse of the process which is of such seriousness that it offends the panel's sense of justice and propriety».

P.P.S. I also believe that a properly designed dispute resolution system would not greatly impact lawyer incomes because significantly reducing the time and therefore the cost of resolving disputes would make that process affordable for those court - clogging hordes of self - represented litigants and many other justice seekers besides.

However, in cases where a failure to give proper disclosure has made a fair trial impossible, or prevented the court from doing justice, or in instances of a flagrant abuse of process, a superior court will exercise its inherent jurisdiction — its power to control its own procedure so as to prevent it from being used to achieve injustice — to strike out the case before or during a trial (see for example Raja v Van Hoogstraten and others [2006] EWHC 1315 (Ch) and CPR 3.4 (5)-RRB-.

Given such is the case, perhaps a triage approach may be what's needed to make justice / the legal system more approachable, affordable and accessible with checks to improve quality of service throughout the process.

To be fair the Chief Justice has committed to making all leave to appeal applications to the Supreme Court an online process.

It is important to obtain skilled legal assistance right away to make sure the police and investigators respect your rights throughout the criminal justice process.

When it comes to catastrophic injuries, you need the monetary coverage and the legal justice needed to ease your mind and make the recovery process a bit easier.

Beyond making the litigation process more efficient for businesses, a business court would remove time - consuming cases from the regular docket, helping to clear a clogged court system and improve the civil justice process for every Georgian.

Throw in some visuals such as the hologram - like digital assistant used by BC's Justice Education Society and you can make a once formidable process much more accessible.

For one thing, it makes ODR an integral part of the judicial process, and so the parties (most notably the consumer) will feel like justice is at work and their case is moving forward.

In fact, Supreme Court Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin recently made a similar argument, telling the Toronto Star that ``... the difficulty we have with racial minorities, indigenous people is that we're just beginning this process of getting the judges in place on the trial benches and so on.»

It would give more people access to justice and make the process easier to navigate for them.

The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) and the Motor Accident Solicitors Society (MASS) contested a decision made by the Ministry of Justice to significantly reduce the fees recoverable by lawyers for cases managed through the road traffic accident (RTA) Portal, the online system via which low value personal injury claims are processed.

The judge or justice must also take the following factors into consideration when making their determination; the extent to which the records are required for the accused to make a full and complete defense, the probative value of the records, the nature and extent of the reasonable expectation of privacy with respect to the personal information contained in the record, whether production of the record is based on a discriminatory belief or bias, the potential prejudice to personal dignity the complainant or witness will experience if the record is produced, society's interest in encouraging individuals to obtain treatment after being sexually assaulted, society's interest in encouraging sexual assault victims to report the assault and the effect of the determination on the integrity of the trial process.

It is responsible for preparing guidelines which set out a decision - making process which must be followed, where they exist, by the sentencing court unless it is contrary to the interests of justice to do so.

Nicole Bradick: Yeah, so I do think it's great that there's so much focus right now on access to justice technology, but the people who are doing the really hard work are the people who are out there sort of pushing for a systemic change and trying to make changes to court rules or processes.

However, as s. 71 of the Judges Act makes abundantly clear, neither the creation of the CJC's inquiry process nor the CJC's exercise of its investigative powers in any way detract, remove or constrain the constitutional rights, powers or duties of the Minister of Justice, or of the Houses of Parliament, in the removal of judges.»

The main objectives of Bill 28, An Act to establish the new Code of Civil Procedure (which is explained in my previous post here), are to modernize court procedures and processes, improve public confidence in the court system and make access to justice more efficient, simpler, faster and less costly.

Seven years after publication of the Justice Dickson book, no harm has come to the Court from the frank review of its decision - making process.

CLOC believes passionately that innovation, technology, collaboration and legal process management can make the legal profession more efficient and answerable to business demands So while CLOC attendees might worry and be concerned over the severe access to justice (A2J) problem we have in this country, its not necessarily the mission of the organization.

Blogs by judges can serve a valuable role in making the judicial process more transparent and in helping the bar and the public better understand the justice system.

The point I'm trying to make here, without even touching on the headaches occasioned by discovery, chambers and trial processes, is that the contemporary justice system is labyrinthine and stuffed full of recondite and often otiose complexity.

If you're designing around the public, and the key is that they are confident in the process and that they think that hey have been treated fairly and they understand what they've been asked to do, I think we're making a pretty big leap forward, in terms of access to justice.

There was nothing before the courts when McLachlin made the call, which as an adviser to the government on nominations to her court would not be unusual during the selection process for a new justice.