Sentences with phrase «principles of a democratic society»

Key Issues To ensure charter schools and neighborhood public schools function in the best interests of students, parents and community members, we believe that, like all public institutions, they must be guided by six basic principles of a democratic society: transparency, accountability, quality, oversight, equity and public control.

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In any event, the point isn't whether the requirement to complete the long - form census form violates the charter, I don't think it does because it's probably either a violation «in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice» (under section 7) or a violation which is «reasonable and demonstrably justifiable in a free and democratic society» (the test under section 1), but that it does nevertheless violate the right to privacy which is one of our fundamental rights.

While many of the Church committee's 183 recommendations entrust oversight responsibilities to agency types, cabinet officers, and President's men who have been untrustworthy in the past, the Church plan taken as a whole attempts to put our check - and - balance system into better working order — not to tie the hands of intelligence but to enable it to serve a democratic society's needs without undermining its cherished principles.

Hurrah for Theodore Forstmann's impassioned and tightly reasoned plea for placing parents in charge of education and for allowing the principles of democratic capitalism to guide this vital sector of our society -LRB-» Putting Parents in Charge,» August / September).

The principles that have made democratic societies so great have been based on christian principles many of which are found in the 10 Commandments.

The resulting emphasis on the organization of power has caused democratic forms of society no less than totalitarian forms to make complete submission to centralized power their guiding principle.

17 Sept To Representatives of British Society in Westminster Hall: Allow me also to express my esteem for [your] Parliament... your common law tradition [etc., etc.]... Yet... if the moral principles underpinning the democratic process are themselves determined by nothing more solid than social consensus, then the fragility of the process becomes all too evident... [e.g. the credit crunch lacked] solid ethical foundations... [whereas the British - inspired] abolition of the slave trade [did not].

Bloom points out, for example, that Oliver Wendell Holmes gave up searching for a principle «to determine which speech or conduct is not tolerable in a democratic society and invoked instead an imprecise and practically meaningless standard — clear and present danger — which to all intents and purposes makes the preservation of public order the only common good» (p. 28).

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Ghana believes in the principles that democratic societies provide individuals with the best conditions for political liberty, personal freedom, equality of opportunity and economic development under the rule of law; and therefore being committed to advancing the social and political values on which democratic societies are founded, including the basic personal freedoms and human rights, as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; in particular, the right of free speech, organization, assembly and non-violent dissent; the right to free elections and the freedom to organize effective parliamentary opposition to government; the right to a free and independent media; the right to religious belief; equality before the law; and individual opportunity and prosperity.

(2) Even if Palin's goose is cooked, it is important to take the issue seriously, and give it an appropriate salience, because this affirms basic principles of executive ethics in a democratic society.

Journalists» aims, or their perceptions about the role of their media institutions in society, tend to amount to principles of democratic governance, or, according to the journalists at La Jornada «giving voice to those who don't have it» and «criticizing power».

It will secure the power of a few at the expense of the many and undermines the very principles on which a democratic society should be founded.

He said Buhari acknowledged that as a key component of democratic principles, people in democratic societies «are so emotionally attached to free speech that they would defend it with all their might».

As members of a society committed to the democratic ideal as a chief organizing principle, should we be concerned by teachers» conservative tendencies?

Public education in a democratic society is based on the principle that every child is of equal and incalculable value.

Mason et al. (2000) connected technology with development of citizens in democratic societies; Pope and Golub (2000) promoted technology as a literacy tool; Garofalo et al. (2000) and Flick and Bell (2000), respectively, focused on worthwhile mathematics and science in their technology use principles.

We can come to a democratic consensus about our shared preferences for a sustainable society through a process of discussion and debate, and then use these principles as guides to encourage people to see the inappropriateness of some preferences, given the scientifically demonstrable impacts of acting on those preferences.

«the Court observed that while an open and democratic society requires access to information in the hands of public bodies, it must also offer protection for some of that information «in order to prevent the impairment of those very principles and promote good governance»» (at para. 9).

Accordingly, this article suggests that in deciding whether to integrate digital media use within the courtroom, the justice system must determine which of the democratic values that underpin the open court principle ought to be given decisive weight in modern society.

Accordingly, this article suggests that in deciding whether to permit digital media use in the courtroom, the justice system must determine which of the democratic values that underpin the open court principle ought to be given decisive weight in modern society.

«The authority of the judiciary in any democratic society rests on public confidence and public confidence can not exist in the absence of displaying the highest norms of conduct and ethical principles for judges,» says Norman Sabourin, executive director and senior general counsel for the Canadian Judicial Council.

The open court principle has repeatedly been confirmed by the Supreme Court as a «hallmark of a democratic society» (Vancouver Sun, [2004] 2 S.C.R. 332, at para. 23), most recently in A.B. v. Bragg Communications Inc., 2012 SCC 46.

23 This Court has emphasized on many occasions that the «open court principle» is a hallmark of a democratic society and applies to all judicial proceedings.

These are not simply principles of proper statutory interpretation; they are principles that govern a free and democratic society.

This principle has been described as «one of the hallmarks of a democratic society» and it is linked to the right of freedom of expression guaranteed by s. 2 (b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

It's hard to argue with them: access to justice is a fundamental principle of a free and democratic society.

Also, Auld LJ pointed out that the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights «indicated a plain acceptance in principle that interference with family life in this context», to preserve the interests of safety and welfare of children when parents were suspected of abusing them, «may be regarded, as being in pursuance of a legitimate aim, proportionate and necessary in a democratic society», as per Art 8 (2) of the Convention.

(a) the «open court principle» is a hallmark of a democratic society and applies to all judicial proceedings;

Have regard for the principles and requirements of a democratic society and promote respect for the diversity of values, beliefs, traditions, languages and ways of life in our society

Special measures should be appropriate to the situation to be remedied, be legitimate, necessary in a democratic society, respect the principles of fairness and proportionality, and be temporary.