Sentences with phrase «of scales of justice»

; citing: Andre Gallant, «The Tax Court's Informal Procedure and Self - Represented Litigants: Problems and Solutions» (2005), 53 Canadian Tax Journal 2; and, Anne - Marie Langan, «Threatening the Balance of the Scales of Justice: Unrepresented Litigants in the Family Courts of Ontario» (2005), 30 Queen's L.J. 825, «the author cites data compiled by the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, which show that in 2003, 43.2 percent of applicants in the Family Court Division of the Ontario Court of Justice were not represented by counsel when they first filed with the court.

There are scores of scales of justice and Lady Justice tattoos, but those are far too common for our purposes.

Not exact matches

His one shot depends on getting justice in a legal system where truth has become a commodity, and the scales of justice have never been more heavily weighed toward the rich and powerful.»

Three years ago, when four of the major health insurers rushed to partner on large - scale mergers, the deals were blocked by the Department of Justice, and ultimately rejected by the courts on anti-trust grounds.

But they agree that a decision by the U.S. District Court in April or May will be a «key catalyst that will tip the scales or at least show the hand» of the Department of Justice, she said.

Hitler's» I'm a Christian» is like atheists looking at «In God we Trust» n swearing it is a secular motto or looking at the Scales of Justice n the Angel of Justice oblivious of their Judaeo - Christian symbolism.

Ma'at, the goddess of justice sits on top of the scales to make sure that the weighing is carried out properly.

Inescapable because justice demands a balancing of the scales; limited because we must express in language what we believe in language, and language falls so far short of the promised reality.

In Britain, too, the shying away from grand metanarratives and generalizations risks discouraging the sort of thinking and conversing that can do justice to the global scale and dynamic complexity of the situation.

The cosmopolitan envisions the direct application of moral principles on a global scale, and regards the nation - state as an impediment to human rights and global justice.

Unequivocally for them this temporal - historical - political event is divine judgment, the creation and establishment of justice, the rebalancing of the scales between Yahweh and Israel.

It must hold the scales of justice blindfolded.

They insist that Christianity means advocating economic reforms aimed at greater global justice, or full scale disarmament, or the preservation of species, or gender equality, or racial integration, etc..

If anything matters, everything matters and the work today, the love we give and receive and lavish on the seemingly small tasks and choices of our every day all tip the scales of justice and mercy in our world.

This is divine judgment, the establishment of justice, the re-balancing of the scales between Yahweh and Israel.

This awakening seems to be happening on a world scale and its aim is global cohesion of the struggle and its values are those of justice, solidarity and participation.

Firstly, he demands of the so - called first world the perspective of world consciousness, which issues a call to relinquishment and to justice and equity on an international scale, if not to revolution.

There is Osiris, god of the under - world; there is Anubis, the jackal god, who appropriately enough conducts the souls to the judgment hall; there are depicted the famous scales on which the heart of the person being judged is weighed in the balance against Maat, or justice, represented by a feather.

For example, a pair of scales as the symbol of justice could not be replaced by just any other image, such as a wheel or a horse.

Jesus too says that we should let our scales of justice fall past the balance point, bestowing on others a little more than they deserve.

Justice Scalia has now put his thumb on the legislative side of the scale; instead of removing the imbalance, the backers of the RFRA are effectively saying that they are willing to try to use those scales themselves.

Evangelicals of a social - justice bent have mounted like - minded projects on a smaller scale, such as the Crossroads Program sponsored by Evangelicals for Social Action (seeded by Pew Trust money in 1992) and its ongoing series of publications on faith and public policy.

The goddess Lady Justice with her scales often appears also... and goes back to even older traditions of Egypt and Greece.

From Monday, Justice John Mansfield, the president of the Australian Competition Tribunal, Novartis group general counsel Ray Steinwall and University of South Australia economics professor David Round — who were on Friday named as members of the tribunal reviewing the deal — will begin to digest Mr Helou's great big pitch: that the benefits of increasing scale by allowing the nation's biggest dairy processor to acquire smaller rival Warrnambool Cheese & Butter outweigh any destruction to local competition.

Transformation of incumbent systems on a large scale is never easy, and we admire the food justice and sustainability goals Josh Tetrick and the Hampton Creek team are trying to hold fast and accomplish,» said Dan Skaff, Managing Partner Radicle Impact.

Paterno et al perpetrated a cover up over the span of many years in order to protect their football program.The scale of atrocities involved is such that I don't believe enough justice was meted out (only a few months in prison for some of the admins; no death penalty for the football program).

«I am proud to belong to a government which provided 10 years of prosperity and social justice on a scale we have not seen in this country... they took advantage of it.

«Abdus - Salaam was a sharp legal mind known to always balance the scales of justice in her decision - making,» said Senate IDC Leader Jeff Klein.

However Conservative LGBT parliamentary candidates like Iain Dale seem to want to whitewash the Law and Justice party or use other methods to diminish the scale of homophobia shown by the Law and Justice party.

«It is this independence that gives credibility to the scales of justice and allows our citizens to rest assured that justice is indeed not for sale.

Following Ulrich, Larry Norden and Ian Vandewalker at the Brennan Center for Justice informed the Commission that comprehensive campaign finance reform was necessary to address the scale of corruption in Albany.

Justice Agbim noted that «the fuel subsidy fraud involved corruption and fraud on a very massive scale»; that it involved many oil companies and officials of government's regulatory agencies «looting and stealing of trillions of naira from the Federal Government of Nigeria and threatening the security and economy of Nigeria.»

A recent decision by the federal Department of Justice to scale back and eventually end the use of private prisons indirectly impacted New York City's pension funds, reducing holding values by millions of dollars and leading to renewed calls from activists for the city to divest from the for - profit corporations that operate these prisons.

«We still have a judicial system that is supposed to be blind, but that all too often finds the scales of justice tipped by resources or race,» Cuomo wrote.

New York's recently retired Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman said in an interview that there's a balance between privacy and transparency, but added that the scales of justice should tip in favor of an open court.

By this petition, we humbly request your noble Commission to launch a full - scale investigation into this matter in line with your mandate under article 218 (a) of the 1992 Constitution and section 7 (1)(i) of the Act 456, 1993 as amended and to establish whether or not the conduct of ACP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo Danquah in question, amounts to abuse of office, corruption and perversion of justice.

Of course, there is no pre-existing model for co-operation between the EU and external partners which replicates the full scale and depth of the collaboration that currently exists between the EU and the UK on security, law enforcement and criminal justicOf course, there is no pre-existing model for co-operation between the EU and external partners which replicates the full scale and depth of the collaboration that currently exists between the EU and the UK on security, law enforcement and criminal justicof the collaboration that currently exists between the EU and the UK on security, law enforcement and criminal justice.

«I am afraid it is obvious that, because they are understandably in a hurry, the preparations that the government have made for the introduction of this scale of change are very modest indeed,» former Lord Chief Justice Lord Woolf said.

The board voted unanimously Tuesday to establish the position of Justice Court Director with a civil service salary scale that sets entry level pay at about $ 63,000 and increases to more than $ 74,000 in five years.

Frances Crook, chief executive of the Howard League for Penal Reform, said: «The possibility of systematic fraud of the public purse on a massive scale by profiting companies diminishes justice.»

In April 2009, officials at the United States Department of Justice acknowledged that the NSA had engaged in large - scale overcollection of domestic communications in excess of the federal intelligence court's authority, but claimed that the acts were unintentional and had since been rectified.8

The image of a bird in flight could go in favour of a new logo emphasising fairness and social justice, such as a scale.

Osun State Government has disclosed that attainment of equity and justice in commercial transactions in all the markets across the state was the reason for its quest for the use of standardized weighing scales called «Osunwon Omoluabi» in the state.

I feel privileged to have been a visitor to this vast continent and its ocean; the scenery, wildlife, and sheer scale of the antarctic environment make it unique, and my photos will not do justice to the feeling of being here!

The data suggest that those Americans who believed that bin Laden's assassination sent a message to the perpetrators («Don't mess with us») were also the ones who thought that his death balanced the scales of justice.

And to top the kitchen off, we have open shelving that consists of a mohawk lollipop holder, antlers, the scales of justice and my grandmother's red glasses among other things.

As expected, Synder's production design is excellent, and Dawn of Justice is epic in scale.

Three episodes in, Legacies offers a highly scaled - back version of the familiar cops - and - lawyers formula that doesn't do the intriguing storylines full justice.

Instead, Dredd is a small - scale introductory escapade — outside of an opening chase scene and the sequences set within the Grand Hall of Justice, the film confines itself within the concrete interiors of Peach Trees.

It's emotionally binding, it's challenging until the final hurdle, and the episodic format does more justice to the scale of World War I than an elongated campaign ever could.