Sentences with phrase «on civil wrongs»

It also differs from public liability which is part of tort law that concentrates on civil wrongs and liabilities.

Not exact matches

They were wrong on slavery, voting rights, civil rights and a slew of other issues.

*********************************** One would hope that voters were casting their ballots on the basis of what they conclude is best for a civil society and a pluralistic population, not on the more egocentric opinions they may have about right or wrong that are derived from their religious beliefs.

Sorry Dude but Christianity's history has proven they are always on the wrong side or morality when it comes to civil rights.

The war between right and wrong, good and evil, the old self and new self in Christ rages on, and so to look for instructions and fulfillment on how to live better lives is like looking to a country in the midst of civil war for instructions on how to set up a functioning government.

While I can prove Phil Roberston's assessment wrong by opening up any book on the Jim Crow Era and the Civil Right Movement, I don't think that would create space for Shalom.

Christians like you in American history has always been on the wrong side of civil rights and morality.

So if that is the case, why do I have such a humanitarian heart, compassion to those that are even of evil doing, forgiving to those who do wrongs against me, and why is my conversations on issues in my life with Christ the utmost civil and peaceful?

How can our Christian witness survive if we're on the wrong side of what many now call «the great civil rights issue of our time»?

I'm no Graham fan but you're dead wrong about Graham on civil rights.

Or, if we are intelligent enough to recognize things that are wrong based on reason and self - interest (for building a civil society), then indefinite detention and torture are fundamentally wrong.

So we're going to try to pull back on this, and I don't think it's wrong or mean or insensitive to civil rights or human rights.

You sound just like the people in the dark ages did when they were against civil rights for African Americans and women, you're the one on the wrong side of the moral debate with no facts to back yourselves up.

Depending on your personal priorities — keeping New York competitive, affordable health care, civil rights, tenant protections, government reform — everybody's list of «what's wrong with Albany» would look different.»

«I have to say I think he was wrong to make these remarks because one of the things we pride ourselves [on] in Britain, and I think rightly so, is that the armed forces, the civil service are non-political,» he told BBC Radio Four's Any Questions?

Dominic Raab, the new MP for Esher and Walton (and author of the excellent The Assault on Liberty: What Went Wrong with Rights) set out his stall as the civil libertarian - in - chief among the new intake in his maiden speech yesterday:

When pressed on the issue of sexual abuse within the Church, Francis gets a bit more specific, saying that «a priest who does this betrays the body of the Lord,» and noting that the Church must support civil courts in rectifying these wrongs.

-- The movie will center on Scott Lang and Hope Van Dyne on the run after the events of «Captain America: Civil War», trying to prevent the Ant - Man technology from falling into the wrong hands

Marvel isn't wrong — it is a very diverse brand, and its Captain America: Civil War releasing on May 6 sports a robust ensemble cast with many actors of color, for a blockbuster superhero flick.

Melnick's op - ed is based on a new article in Education Next, «Civil Wrongs: Federal Equity Initiative Promotes Paperwork, Not Equality.»

SOS12 Karran Harper Royal: How [some] African Americans and Civil Rights Leaders Got on the Wrong Side of the Ed Reform Movement from Grassroots Education Movement on Vimeo.

In raising questions about charters, Brill says, unions are on the wrong side of the civil rights issue of this generation.

The strategy is to divide conservative candidates and moderate voters; framing conservatives as standing on the morally wrong side of the climate change issue; as they have been portrayed in the gay marriage and Civil Rights debates.9 The NextGen campaign applies a master narrative that is adapted to each state, emphasizing that climate change poses a serious threat to the economy, public health, and children, and that if a candidate doesn't believe in climate change, they can't be trusted.

Then a colleague on the Canadian civil society delegation pointed out that it doesn't much serve climate justice, only shifts the locus of climate injustice, if developed countries accept financial responsibility for loss and damage — then see their historic wrongs paid for by a farmer in rural Britain or a first - or second - generation immigrant family in Calgary who pay their taxes, rather than a multinational fossil that doesn't.

There's nothing wrong with $ 150 per hour for a new lawyer handling civil litigation, or 30 % contingency on a personal injury case, or a $ 500 flat fee to handle a Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

The only real difference between the crime (s 2 of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997) and the tort (s 3) is standard of proof: to prove the civil wrong of harassment it is necessary to prove the case on a balance of probabilities.

For instance, the Shari'a civil court would nearly always (perhaps automatically) grant the father's wish to have the son brought up in the Islamic faith, this is in itself might appear a tad discriminatory against the mother, and (I could be wrong as I am not an expert) appears to be based on the fact that the Shari'a civil court might not attach the same weight to the mother's wishes (to put it in neutral terms).

He got his first break as a Civil Court Trial Lawyer when a major negligence firm wanted someone to act as their trial lawyer for a plaintiff who had driven a car on the wrong side of the road and had been involved in a head - on collision.

It seems arguable that civil wrongs, alleged or decreed, should not support as broad bans on social media access and use as criminal offences.

So we could, in theory, create criminal penalties to take the place of civil wrongs, and spend much more on criminal prosecutions of those wrongs as they do elsewhere.

Unlike criminal cases, personal injury cases are civil lawsuits based on «torts» or social wrongs in which a person or business entity is found to have acted below the standard of care for a specific situation.

An employee fired for cause who conceals this fact commits a civil wrong and an employer may rescind an offer based on this omission and may even seek damages.

[33] The Tribunal is of the view that the Appellant could not be unaware of the scope of her actions, and that in this context, it does not accept the Appellant's argument that it was [translation] «ignorance» on her part, a [translation] «lack of understanding» of the Civil Service Act, that she was not [translation] «aware of the exact procedure», that she had misinterpreted it, or that she was unaware that [translation] «consulting a personal file was wrong,» which she stopped doing following her meeting with her employer on May 15, 2013 (Exhibits GD2 - 2 and GD2 - 5).

Sinclair was pretty bad, on the wrong side of good sense and civil liberty, but as it turns out I jumped the gun.

The situation often arises where for some reason a barrister on behalf of a former lawyer's client not only sues an alleged tort feasor (a person who commits a tort or civil wrong) but also their prior lawyer, alleging negligence.