Sentences with phrase «neutral arbiter»

On Wednesday Doyle said his organization «supports the principles in the bill,» while reiterating the report's two main themes: proxy advisors have emerged as quasi-regulators with unchecked powers, and these firms are not neutral arbiters of good governance but rather «very much for - profit enterprises.»

What I see happening here is a well - intentioned judge trying to balance the somewhat conflicting demands placed upon him in a guardianship proceeding, where he's expected to serve both as neutral arbiter and as the person ultimately responsible for protecting the ward's best interests.

The political expression of this complex is a technical - regulative conception of political society in which the state is seen as an essentially neutral arbiter among the contending interest groups, whose competition and countervailing pressures are assumed to guarantee the interest of all.

At the heart of this appeal are two potentially competing tensions: (1) the adversarial system, which relies on the parties to frame the issues on appeal, and reserves the role of neutral arbiter for the courts; and (2) the need for an appellate court to intervene in order to prevent an injustice.

Here's the main problem: unlike most civil cases, in guardianship proceedings the judge plays a dual role: he or she serves both as neutral arbiter and as the person ultimately responsible for protecting the ward's best interests.

The recent decisions of federal district judges Nicholas Garaufis and Shira Scheindlin in cases involving the New York City Fire and Police Departments highlights the importance of the Senate's role in recommending federal judges to the President and in confirming judges who are neutral arbiters of disputes.

Washington used it regularly during the Reagan years, which meant that the US was unilaterally making decisions on global trade rather than consulting with the international community or working through a neutral arbiter.

These courts are supposed to be neutral arbiters — a way to correct for the power imbalance that existed prior to NAFTA, when Canada and Mexico had to take their grievances to US courts.

The bet would also need a neutral arbiter — we propose, for example, the director of the Hadley Centre, home of the data used by Keenlyside et al., or a committee of neutral colleagues.

This neutral arbiter would also decide whether a volcano or meteorite impact event is large enough as to make the bet obsolete.

When settlement differences are arbitrated, a neutral arbiter hears the arguments of both sides and then makes a final decision.