Sentences with phrase «on policy judgments»

«We don't feel that we are able to feed in properly, we don't feel that we have any effect on policy judgments, we don't feel that policy is being made properly and we don't feel that there is any understanding of what we could do.»
Though the public policy behind statutes of repose is based on the policy judgment that a potential defendant should have no reasonable expectation of responsibility for injuries that occur after the passage of a number of years, the Court held that such a policy rationale does not apply to asbestos cases because: (1) the potential dangers associated with asbestos exposure were well known by 1971; and (2) the typical latency period from asbestos exposure to disease is much longer than the six - year window for filing personal injury claims under the statute of repose.

Not exact matches

Though Kashkari begins with a broad attack on monetary rules, it quickly devolves into a focused attack on the Taylor Rule which he argues «effectively turn [s] monetary policy over to a computer, rather than continue to let Fed policy makers use their best judgment to consider a wide range of data and economic trends.»
Trump's reckless and uninformed positions on critical issues — from immigration to our economy to foreign policy — have made it abundantly clear that he lacks both the policy depth and sound judgment required as President.
Political values are important in antitrust, but political pressure on government enforcers undercuts their ability to make professional judgments about enforcement policy.
In January, a spokesperson said that staffers accepting payment from authorities to inform on customers «would violate company policy,» calling it «purely poor individual judgment
Of course, just which matters ought to be left to judgment on a case - by - case basis, and which ought to be categorically determined as a matter of policy, is a hard problem for those who design institutions of all kinds.
There was also a lapse of judgment on part of Mr. Saxena as claimed in one of the announcements, that he had been online when the private keys were extracted for the BTG distribution process and saving in plain text format which went against the written policies of safety and security of operations.
«We trust highly trained educators to use their professional judgment to make decisions in the best interests of children, particularly given that this policy applies to children as young as five years of age,» Kenney said in a press conference on November 2.
The quality of the Bank's judgments on monetary policy will reflect, in part, the experience and competence of its officers.
There is no intrinsic conflict here between the two objectives (although actual policy making still requires some fine judgments and depends on imprecise instruments, leaving ample room for mistakes).
Zappos, on the other hand, has a policy so short it could fit on a Post-It: «Just be real, and use your best judgment
And as an elected political leader his task is not to render a legal opinion but to bring his best judgment, including moral judgment, to bear on public policy.
On this view, policy should be much more closely tied to public opinion, or to direct popular decision, than to the judgment of legislative or bureaucratic elites.
Nevertheless, the judgment is made that a coal - and nuclear - fission - based energy policy is centered on high - risk technologies.
As a result of the Review and Renewal, CCHD's assessment of each organization now also depends as a matter of fixed policy on the careful pastoral judgment of each local Bishop in his own diocese: no organization is funded without the local Bishop's signature.
It is no secret that German chancellor Merkel is praying for a Sarkozy victory, and even if she makes an effort to get on with Hollande, the judgment of the markets on any new French fiscal policy may leave Paris and Berlin facing a massive banking collapse within weeks (and I am surprised that this is not already looming).
14:20 - justice secretary Ken Clarke, before joint committee on human rights, on: government's human rights policy and human rights judgments
However, she added that there was no change in policy yet, and she would wait to see if the Iranians put «any meat on the bones» before passing further judgment.
But a statement signed by the Head of Communications at the EC, Eric Dzakpasu, and copied to Pulse.com.gh said: «Having carefully studied the contents of the judgment, we respectfully disagree with the High Court judge's decision on several essential legal and public policy grounds.
«It is clear for all to see that Mr. Sachs was influencing state policy to the benefit of paying clients,» said Joanne Doroshow of the group that opposes caps on medical malpractice judgments sought by Cuomo's task force.
In March, advocate general Yves Bot issued a preliminary judgment limiting patents involving embryonic stem cells, on the basis that they «would be contrary to ethics and public policy» (see «European Court of Justice rejects stem - cell patents»).
In my judgment, that kind of leadership will require a comprehensive and sustained effort from both our public and private sectors — including a robust investment in education (especially the STEM fields), a federal commitment to research and development, a renewed emphasis on next generation manufacturing, translating federally funded breakthroughs to commercial applications in the private sector, an immigration policy that enables us to recruit and retain the best and brightest scientists from around the world, and appropriate tax, regulatory, and legal policy.
This is not to deny that at a time when there has been dramatic progress in nuclear science and technology, some questions require periodic re-examination; the criteria by which judgments on energy policy should be made are constantly changing.
I question our collective judgment when it comes to child birth, treatment for hormonal imbalances, overuse of antibiotics, judicial procedure governing Central Park bicycle path violations (long story), environmental policies, energy policies, the fashionable integrity of drop - crotch pants, and the list goes on... so why not beauty?
Instead, we ask teachers to develop their own grading systems based on their professional judgment and interpretation of learning standards and school policy.
Also, in recent decades schools have moved away from disciplinary practices that rely on the judgment, discretion, and action of professional educators and have turned instead to reliance on school security guards, uniformed police, technical surveillance, security apparatus, and zero - tolerance policies.
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Yet they also led school districts to abandon disciplinary practices that relied on educator judgment and to adopt heavily bureaucratic procedures and zero - tolerance policies that arguably undermine the authority of school officials and make it more difficult for them to maintain order.
The policies that were criticized were those that increased attention to academic outcomes at the expense of children's exploration, discovery, and play; methods that focused on large group activities and completion of one - dimensional worksheets and workbooks in place of actual engagement with concrete objects and naturally occurring experiences of the world; and directives that emphasized the use of group - administered, computer - scored, multiple - choice achievement tests in order to determine a child's starting place in school rather than assessments that rely on active child engagement, teacher judgment, and clinical opinion.
But Matt Chingos, director of the Urban Institute's Education Policy Program, says it would be premature to make a judgment on Common Core.
In conclusion, I do not believe you can accurately state whether gold is undervalued or overvalued - you must make judgments based on what you think about the future of the market and of monetary policy, but there are too many variables to be accurate consistently.
Rather than passing judgment on the chosen testing or prevention policy, understanding the reasons behind the shelter's choices can help veterinarians be good partners with people who adopt from the shelter.
Here's a core graph from the BP analysis, which the company says is not the result of a scenario, but of its judgment based on history, trends in energy and environmental policies (or the lack thereof), markets and supplies:
«I am afraid that it is something that involves value judgment on the part of policy makers, and I am afraid that they shied away from it,» he told the conference, according to the story.
The IPCC's consensus building process relies heavily on expert judgment; if the public and the policy makers no longer trust these particular experts, then we can expect a very different dynamic to be in play with regards to the reception of the AR5 relative to the AR4.
Officials in the loan guarantee program, a centerpiece of the Obama administration's energy policy, told auditors that they based their loan decisions «on the professional judgment of experienced staff,» the report said.
Since scientific theories are not «real» the public must rely on the judgment of the experts in deciding public policy.
I believe the kinds of accusations you (and most climate change advocates make) make about people who disagree with your judgment and priorities ensure that reasoned public policy on long term energy supply will not happen any time soon....
In my judgment, CEQ should be put back on the policy side of the science - policy fence — as was the case under the previous Administration.
Rather it was that any policy decision on what to do about climate change must be based on the assessment of relative costs and benefits and with ethical judgments which weigh the impacts on various groups at different points in time.
The judgment is to be welcomed for giving both the EU and its Member States sufficient policy discretion on how to mitigate the effects of climate change.
In her recent entry on this blog, Prof. Capaldo criticised the judgment of the Court of Justice of the EU in Taricco II by arguing that there exists, in international law (or what the author calls «global law»), a fundamental human right to policies that criminalise tax fraud.
On 1 March 2016 the Court of Justice of the European Union gave its judgment in the joined cases of Ibrahim Alo and Amira Osso, Cases C - 443 / 14 and C - 444 / 14, ruling that the EU's Qualification Directive does not sanction the imposition of restrictions of the freedom of movement for beneficiaries of subsidiary protection, and that such a limitation is not justifiable for reasons of territorial sharing of social assistance burdens, while at the same time leaving it up to the referring German Federal Administrative Court to decide whether the limitation can be justified for reasons of migration and integration policy.
Our team of insurance coverage attorneys has advised individuals and businesses about insurance coverage issues including insurance policy coverage opinions, declaratory judgments on policy coverage and defense of insurers against breach of contract and bad faith claims.
The Grand Chamber of the EU Court of Justice has handed down an important judgment concerning the validity of the EU's sanctions on Russia in response to Russia's actions in Ukraine, and the scope of the CJEU's jurisdiction to review the validity of decisions adopted under the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy.
The AG solves the question on whether the ECB has therefore exceeded its powers by indirectly adopting economic policy measures by way of adding a condition to his final judgment, namely that no excess of power had taken place: The ECB must refrain from any direct involvement in the financial assistance programmes to which the OMT program is linked.
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The Superior Court allowed the defendant insurer's motion for summary judgment on the ground that plaintiff was covered only by her husband's policy in this case.
On October 1, 2010, Ontario Superior Court Justice J. N. Morissette granted a $ 455.7 million judgment in Jeffrey and Rudd v. London Life, a complex class action brought against two insurance companies regarding their use of surplus earnings held in an account for the benefit of holders of London Life insurance policies (the «PAR Account»).
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