Some of the important reforms yet to take place include the establishment of legal clinics and research centers, the provision of practical skills trainings and legal resources, changes in curriculum to respond to the needs
of justice institutions and the market, graduate and post-graduate educational opportunities for professors, and the merging of law and Sharia schools are.
Not exact matches
Some museums have pushed a mission to educate the public about the evolution
of the penal system, but there has been criticism that, depending on the
institution, the «history» is sanitized, leaving out abuse
of prisoners and other unsavory aspects
of the criminal
justice system.
However, we now know that Britain is set to drop out
of the EU in March 2019 and will almost certainly leave the EU's essential core
institutions: the single market and the European Court
of Justice.
(2) Bringing this case into court for litigation may be unusual but is not surprising; and (3) The concern about political influence in making this decision is an unfortunate cost
of candidate and President Trump's disregard for the
institutions of justice.
In the end, this book reminds us that the presence
of Justice Sotomayor on the Supreme Court brings to that ancient
institution precisely the sort
of diversity it sorely needs.
«Just last week we exposed that several post-secondary
institutions wasted thousands
of dollars hiring B.C. Liberal - connected lobbyists to lobby the B.C. Liberal government,» said New Democrat
justice spokesperson Leonard Krog.
Chairman Nunes» decision, supported by House Speaker Ryan and Republican Members
of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, to publicly release misleading allegations against the Department
of Justice and Federal Bureau
of Investigation is a shameful effort to discredit these
institutions, undermine the Special Counsel's ongoing investigation, and undercut congressional probes.
«Chairman Nunes» decision, supported by House Speaker Ryan and Republican Members
of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, to publicly release misleading allegations against the Department
of Justice and Federal Bureau
of Investigation is a shameful effort to discredit these
institutions, undermine the Special Counsel's ongoing investigation, and undercut congressional probes,» the committee's Democrats said in a statement.
In particular, laws and domestic
institutions based on the rule
of law and human rights are indispensable for
justice.
People have the right to leave church and organized religion, they have a right to question an
institution that will do anything to save face even if it means letting children be harmed (and trust me, there are Priests that have issues with girls - my mom when to an all girls» Catholic school in the 60s and talks about how many
of the priests used to «hang out» with the young girls out and girls have been abused), churches that are not practicing social
justice.
Writing recently in the Wall Street Journal on campus rape accusations, Peter Berkowitz asks, «Where are the professors... who will insist clearly and in public that due process is a fundamental component
of American political
institutions and culture... indispensable in a free society to the fair administration
of justice?
Standing behind that claim is the claim that we, the people, have an ability to know what
justice requires that is not so completely dependent upon any social
institution as to place that
institution beyond the possibility
of our reforming it.
What organized
institution is there, apart from the church, that has as its major purpose the fostering
of Justice, Mercy, and Truth and the Freedom that they jointly make possible.
Depending on how the
justices rule, certain
institutions may find themselves exempt from the controversial HHS mandate that requires them to arrange for the provision
of contraception, sterilization, and certain abortifacient drugs.
Supreme Court
Justice William O. Douglas, a man on the opposite side
of the political fence from Eisenhower, said much the same thing in a 1952 Supreme Court decision when he wrote, «We are a religious people whose
institutions presuppose a Supreme Being.
I propose that in this particular issue, where the church has had a marvellous opportunity to project itself into the public sphere as an
institution that can be trusted, and to proclaim in deed the gospel
of justice and restoration, the church's actions have contradicted its gospel message.
I do not expect that many who hold authority in the church or other dominant
institutions of our lives will be converted, en masse or as individuals, to the serious work
of justice - making with compassion and good humor as their top priority.
As McBrien noted, this powerfully suggests the need to be attentive to
justice issues within as well as outside the church This principle of sacramentality undergirds the statement in the U.S. Catholic bishops» pastoral letter Economic Justice for All: «All the moral principles that govern the just operation of any economic endeavor apply to the church and its agencies and institutions; indeed the church should be exemplary» (no
justice issues within as well as outside the church This principle
of sacramentality undergirds the statement in the U.S. Catholic bishops» pastoral letter Economic
Justice for All: «All the moral principles that govern the just operation of any economic endeavor apply to the church and its agencies and institutions; indeed the church should be exemplary» (no
Justice for All: «All the moral principles that govern the just operation
of any economic endeavor apply to the church and its agencies and
institutions; indeed the church should be exemplary» (no. 347).
Above all, churches should ask for
justice from religious
institutions that continue to ignore Hispanics» existence: monocultural denominational and ecumenical agencies; theological
institutions that refuse to hire Hispanic professors (and even discourage Spanish - speaking students from working toward doctorates); religious journals and magazines that fail to publish materials dealing with the life and faith
of Hispanic churches; and mainline churches that do not make an all - out commitment to ministry among Hispanics.
Bishops who promised to be fathers to their priests toss to the wolves the innocent and the guilty alike, all in the name
of «protecting the children,» but protecting, in fact, themselves and an
institution that has no reason for being other than to minister the
justice and mercy
of God.
The priests» shortcomings continually remind us that ultimate
justice flows neither from human
institutions nor ecclesiastical insight, nor even from the sensible practice
of a moral life.
Novak argues that the present task
of the Catholic Whig tradition is to «form a new synthesis
of philosophical conceptions and practical
institutions that do
justice, together, to private rights and public happiness.»
They are about the
institution to which
Justice Scalia dedicated his professional life and making sure it continues to function as the beacon of justice that our founders envisioned.
Justice Scalia dedicated his professional life and making sure it continues to function as the beacon
of justice that our founders envisioned.
justice that our founders envisioned.»
When the self is committed to the Second Good, its stock
of memory, intelligence, relationships, health, and wealth becomes the instrument for the concrete achievement
of security,
justice, liberty, or fraternity within the domain
of personal relations and in the larger world
of human
institutions.
That, in fact, in many places, the operations
of transnational capital — far from extending access to property, creating general prosperity, promoting democratic
institutions, or advancing the causes
of law and
justice — destroy functioning local economies and communities, sustain and deepen poverty among those capital reduces to the commodity
of cheap labor, exploit unjust labor systems, support despotisms, take advantage
of conditions in regions too poor to impose or enforce environmental protections (for their ecosystems or their peoples), and are often complicit in the procedural abuse
of persons who can hope for no legal redress?
Under the liberal policy
of the empire, which allowed a fair degree
of local autonomy, the Sanhedrin exercised wide jurisdiction as a court
of justice, especially in matters arising out
of the peculiar practices and
institutions of the Jewish religion.
To limit Christians to serving society's
institutions from a perspective
of justice forces their responses
of love into the interstitial spaces.
It is important for Christians to remember that every structure
of justice, as embodied in political and economic
institutions, (a) contains elements
of injustice that stand in contradiction to the law
of love; (b) contains higher possibilities
of justice that must be realized in terms
of institutions and structures; and (c) that it must be supplemented by the graces
of individual and personal generosity and mercy.
War, militarism, landlordism, predatory industries, and finance are the demons he named that shape social
institutions toward fostering their own respectability and perpetuation at the expense
of justice.
Within human history we may not see the kingdom
of this world become the kingdom
of God, but we may see among them many places and at many times communities,
institutions, and corporate acts
of justice which truly embody the grace and power
of that kingdom.
It turned out that the decision was not so much rooted in the Constitution as in the doctrine
of precedent and» ironies begin to pile up at this point» in the
Justices» perception that a contrary decision would undermine the Court's legitimacy by making it appear to be an
institution influenced by politics.
There has been remarkable progress in the concern for social
justice and, in many countries, in the social and economic
institutions which give effect to this higher sense
of justice.
When the illusions
of cynicism and utopianism are stripped away, there are endless possibilities for perfecting the
justice of social
institutions.
Justice is the rule in institutions and «justice belongs,» says Brunner, «to the world of systems, not to the world of pers
Justice is the rule in
institutions and «
justice belongs,» says Brunner, «to the world of systems, not to the world of pers
justice belongs,» says Brunner, «to the world
of systems, not to the world
of persons....
We can not simply go on with our evangelical concern for the person, he implied, and let other people and other
institutions take care
of social
justice.
More importantly, issues
of ecological
justice, and
justice to the weaker sections
of society and specifically development
of social
institutions can not be taken up by the economy directed only by the market - profit mechanism.
He shows that the secularist takes our political
institutions for granted while ignoring the logic
of theology — that political discussion depends upon
justice, that
justice depends upon ethics, and that ethics is grounded in theology.
In the past decade particularly, cynicism about the International Court
of Justice and the UN has become so pervasive that millions
of Americans are no longer aware
of the crucial role that the concept behind these
institutions played in their own heritage: «In the annals
of forgetfulness there is nothing quite to compare with the fading from the American mind
of the idea
of the law
of nations.»
I suspect that the next stop on this train to utopia will be, as Chief
Justice John Roberts suggested in his dissent, to question the tax status
of those
institutions — the Catholic Church, for example — which promulgate a contrary understanding
of the word «marriage.»
This massive shift has had a devastating effect on the once - deep cultural values that exerted their force upon most
of society's
institutions — values
of truth, duty, discipline, reading, beauty, family, tradition,
justice, among many others.
In a gutsy, powerful, plurality opinion,
Justice Clarence Thomas cut through the «vast, perplexing desert»
of fine lines and distinctions that have plagued this area
of the law, and announced a simple and logical rule: the government must be neutral toward religion and religious
institutions.
Yet some degree
of justice remains possible, so God allows the self - regarding acts
of sinful human beings to bring the State into existence because its
institutions — especially those
of private property, marriage and slavery — are also a remedy for sin.
We urge that the international community, governments and
institutions express their solidarity with the people
of Africa by promoting a society
of hope, compassion,
justice and peace in Africa.
Imagine what would happen if all the evangelical
institutions — youth organizations, publications, colleges and seminaries, congregations and denominational headquarters — would dare to undertake a comprehensive two - year examination
of their total program and activity to answer this question: Is there the same balance and emphasis on
justice for the poor and oppressed in our programs as there is in Scripture?
The morality
of law and the coercive
institution of the State to enforce legal
justice are expressions
of this imperfect morality at the level
of self - alienated social existence
of human beings.
«Whites (and American
institutions) must acknowledge historical racism to show themselves redeemed
of it, but once they acknowledge it, they lose moral authority over everything having to do with race, equality, social
justice, poverty, and so on.
Issues
of ecological
justice, and
justice to the weaker sections
of society and specifically development
of social
institutions can not be taken up by the economy directed only by the market - profit mechanism in which the social objectives
of the peoples are destroyed for the sake
of economic growth.
The occasion for Lincoln's declaration
of implacable opposition to judicial supremacy had been a decision which, above all others, stained the Court's reputation as an
institution dedicated to, as it says above the entrance to the Marble Temple in Washington, D.C., «equal
justice under law.»
Since compassion is a spiritual quality, according to this perspective, social welfare and
justice are best left to religious
institutions — whence the specialized form
of privatization (and patronage) that is the president's «faith - based initiative.»
Our Christian contributions to the struggles for social
justice make use
of the broad social resources
of our
institutions and our thought.