Sentences with phrase «neutral arbiters of»

If society is expected to buy into the notion that judges are neutral arbiters of the law, they can't engage in this kind of behaviour, he adds.

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.

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So, it appears there's something of a disconnect at Sundance, between the idea of a perfectly neutral, non-partisan arbiter of artistic merit, the festival that focuses on the stories while politically, as Redford put it elsewhere in the press conference, «the pendulum swings,» and the reality of a filmmaking body that is deeply, sometimes radically, political.

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.

I'm glad that you bring up the Office of Special Masters of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, as it is frequently referred to as some sort of neutral arbiter substantiating anti-vaccination claims.

The construction of law as the neutral, objective, arbiter of social conflicts is, in fact, a gendered construction.

There are further comments in the case about the judge's role as «neutral, passive arbiter» (para. 67) and the basically adversarial nature of the sentencing phase of a criminal proceeding (ibid.).

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.

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

Rather than keeping a neutral ledger that lacks discrimination, he's becoming the arbiter of smart contracts and a benevolent dictator for Ethereum.