Sentences with phrase «power as arbiters»

If anything can turn into art, and all too often anything does, galleries can open anywhere, without losing their power as arbiters of the day's taste.

Not exact matches

To put it bluntly, the notion of consent is arguably meaningless by itself as the arbiter of legitimate sexual and marital relationships because of the potential for manipulation, coercion, and abuse in a situation where there are deep - rooted and unequal social power relations (e.g., the President of the United States [not] having sexual relations with a besotted young intern or, as here, a parent and an adult child contracting a marriage).

If the Supreme Court somehow obtained jurisdiction over this independent sovereign power, according to Coons it would not be acting «either as or for the state, but as the arbiter of legal sovereigns who need a way to live together by some rule more humane than naked power.»

Among them were pantheism and the positions that human reason is the sole arbiter of truth and falsehood and good and evil; that Christian faith contradicts reason; that Christ is a myth; that philosophy must be treated without reference to supernatural revelation; that every man is free to embrace the religion which, guided by the light of reason, he believes to be true; that Protestantism is another form of the Christian religion in which it is possible to be as pleasing to God as in the Catholic Church; that the civil power can determine the limits within which the Catholic Church may exercise authority; that Roman Pontiffs and Ecumenical Councils have erred in defining matters of faith and morals; that the Church does not have direct or indirect temporal power or the right to invoke force; that in a conflict between Church and State the civil law should prevail; that the civil power has the right to appoint and depose bishops; that the entire direction of public schools in which the youth of Christian states are educated must be by the civil power; that the Church should be separated from the State and the State from the Church; that moral laws do not need divine sanction; that it is permissible to rebel against legitimate princes; that a civil contract may among Christians constitute true marriage; that the Catholic religion should no longer be the religion of the State to the exclusion of all other forms of worship; and «that the Roman Pontiff can and should reconcile himself to and agree with progress, liberalism and modern civilization.»

A look at how it will work, why Roger Goodell will retain power as final arbiter, and why the NFLPA isn't going to like it

«Our Constitution is that of checks and balances; so you have the Parliament checking the powers of the President, you have the Supreme Court as the arbiter.

If Mr. Fowler, often regarded as the final arbiter of modern English, is correct, then I am pretty sure I have captured the ultimate irony — or at least the automotive version of it — when I opine that the mainstream automaker most likely to carry on the ages - old tradition of powering its luxury sedans with a naturally aspirated V8 is going to be... Hyundai.

As the ACLU et al put it, «the government is not the final arbiter of truth with the power to foreclose further challenge» - the power to end debate.

As noted in Part I, the notion of transparency has long been entangled with the integrity of the justice system, as the democratic legitimization of judicial power flows from the public's collective confidence in the legal system as an impartial and independent arbiter of rightAs noted in Part I, the notion of transparency has long been entangled with the integrity of the justice system, as the democratic legitimization of judicial power flows from the public's collective confidence in the legal system as an impartial and independent arbiter of rightas the democratic legitimization of judicial power flows from the public's collective confidence in the legal system as an impartial and independent arbiter of rightas an impartial and independent arbiter of rights.

What one party may see as a strength of the med - arb process (the power and leverage of the med - arbiter during mediation) may be viewed by another as a flaw (power that too often results in pressure tactics and «coercion» of a mediated settlement).

With language that speaks to a variety of issues, such as the selected administrative body, the delineated powers of the arbiters, the scope of discovery and more, arbitration clauses can shape and frame the overall dispute resolution strategy.

Nor can I discern in those First Amendment considerations that led us to restrict the States» powers to regulate defamation of public officials any additional interest that is not served by the actual malice rule of New York Times, supra, but is substantially promoted by utilizing this Court as the ultimate arbiter of factual disputes in those libel cases where no unusual factors, such as allegations of harassment or the existence of a jury verdict resting on erroneous instructions, cf. New York Times, supra, are present.