Sentences with phrase «promote public interest»

How does refusing to accredit otherwise competent candidates promote the public interest?

«The announcement follows several years of sustained pressure from the Bar Council and many other organisations who work to promote the public interest of our citizens.

The stated purpose of the Osgoode Society is «to study and promote public interest in the history of the law, the legal profession and the judiciary in Ontario and elsewhere in Canada and to stimulate research and publication on these subjects».

In adjudicating disputes in the areas of entry restrictions, post-entry limits on competition, and post-entry conduct rules, the judiciary has repeatedly taken measures to promote the public interest and has often rejected self - serving standards favoured by the legal profession.

The basic problem arises when a foreign investor challenges a generally applicable regulation that was enacted by the host state as a good - faith attempt to promote the public interest.

Over the grant period, Equal Justice Works will partner with UNMSOL to share best practices, promote public interest curricula, present internship and postgraduate employment options, and counsel students on debt relief.»

In order to understand and properly protect and promote the public interest, the Society shows leadership by promoting a diverse and inclusive legal profession that is representative of the full spectrum of the public it serves.

• An overhaul of the governance structures, and notably a separation of regulatory functions from representative functions into separate bodies so as to avoid conflicts of interest — the former to promote public interest and the latter to promote lawyer interest.

The judge found that the Family Law Act, the Children's Law Reform Act and their related regulations work to promote the public interest.

Wind turbines: A pilot project intended to bolster real - world data in wind energy research, promote public interest in renewable technology, and generate clean power for Center operations.

That would be necessary because state policymakers have a responsibility to the state's taxpayers to assure that the funds are being used to promote the public interest and not just the interests of the direct beneficiaries.

The contest is open now and will run until October 15, a chance to contribute to a scale model world for space exploration that, Tibor hopes, will help to promote public interest and funding for future ventures.

His goal is to promote public interest in science by reaching out to casual readers and to fellow scientists.

Nothing could be clearer than that: by following self - interest individuals promote the public interest, and more effectively than when they make conscious attempts to do so.

He generally, indeed, neither intends to promote the public interest, nor knows how much he is promoting it.

They say that although Shark Week promotes public interest in sharks, the programs often misrepresent what scientists know about the animals and how they study them and may even hurt conservation efforts.

The Perseus Foundation online resources provided by an organization dedicated to promoting public interest in the search for a cure for cancer in animals and children

Partnering with the Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA) to protect the environment and promoting public interest environmental law in Latin America.

The Court reaffirmed that the role of copyright provides «a balance between promoting the public interest in the encouragement and dissemination of works of the arts and intellect and obtaining a just reward for the creator» and that copyright does not provide a monopoly over... [more]

We find it surprising and disappointing that the SRA — a body charged with encouraging an independent, strong, diverse and effective legal profession and promoting the public interest — would even contemplate such a course of action.

The logic applied just as much to administrative proceedings: «Holding parties who receive the Record under an implied obligation not to use information in it for a collateral purpose promotes the public interest in obtaining full disclosure of [relevant] material..., just as this promise of confidentiality supports the obligation of complete disclosure between parties in civil actions» (at para. 37).

These objectives include: protecting and promoting the public interest, supporting the constitutional principle of the rule of law, improving access to justice, protecting and promoting the interests of consumers of legal services, and promoting competition in the provision of legal services.

It involves the manifold ways in which lawyers represent and advice clients in «ordinary» public and private matters and do so zealously, but with the large aim of promoting public interest.

Camilo Rodriguez is a third year law student at the Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law in Tucson, and is dedicated to practicing and promoting public interest law in his community.

This does not mean that benchers can't be better than they are at identifying and promoting the public interest, but it does mean, as I have said many times, that the important question now is not who they are for (that is old news, at least in B.C.), but how well they discharge the public interest mandate.

As member of Equal Justice Works, the Equal Justice Foundation (EJF) is committed to promoting public interest law and community service.

Second, the analysis here also calls into question the assumption advanced via the «lawyer - judge bias» theory that judges, by virtue of being former lawyers, are inherently deficient regulators of lawyers who will inevitably favour the interests of their former colleagues at every turn.2 To the contrary, a close and careful look at judicial regulation reveals that measures taken by Canadian courts have repeatedly promoted the public interest over the interests of the profession.

The Court reaffirmed that the role of copyright provides «a balance between promoting the public interest in the encouragement and dissemination of works of the arts and intellect and obtaining a just reward for the creator» and that copyright does not provide a monopoly over facts or ideas in the public domain, «which all are free to draw upon for their own works».

Equal Justice Works is focused on promoting public interest law amongst the next generation of lawyers.

INTEREST OF AMICI CURIAE Amici curiae are non-profit organizations that seek to advance a balanced patent system that promotes the public interest.

Not exact matches

The New York City area, with its many interest rate - sensitive industries, has prospered when decision - makers in the public and private sectors could have confidence that the Federal Reserve was committed to a rigorous set of policies that promoted price stability, in a growth - oriented economic environment.

Many of these hired guns act as public relations lobbies for global financial interests, often by joining think tanks that serve as advertising agencies to promote these interests.

The PCAOB oversees the audits of public companies and broker - dealers in order to protect investors and the public interest by promoting informative, accurate, and independent audit reports.

In this case, the Council promoted the formulation of a new authorization category for BankA companies that accept public funding up to 100 million Swiss francs, but do not invest or pay interest on those funds.

The British ICO is an independent authority set up to uphold information rights in the public interest, promoting openness by public bodies and data privacy for individuals.

Through the Accessibility Directorate of Ontario, the ministry works with the disability, private and public sectors in the interest of promoting accessibility for all.

«Trump's election should have triggered alarm bells in Ottawa about the dangers of pursuing trade agreements that promote corporate interests at the expense of the public's.

There is much that should be done, such as steps to promote public and private investment so as to raise the level of real interest rates consistent with full employment.

Principle 16, so necessary for immediate application, reads: «National authorities should endeavor to promote the internalization of environmental costs and the use of economic instruments, taking into account the approach that the polluter should, in principle, bear the cost of pollution, with due regard to the public interest and without distorting international trade and investment».

Richard John Neuhaus» essay («Forget the Bilderbergers,» Public Square, February) on United Nations officials» interest in promoting transnational sovereignty and Non «Governmental Organizations» role in support of their effort was, as is everything he chooses to comment on, instructive.

Consent or liberty are thus defined not in relation to what is common (though not necessarily uniform), but in relation to what will promote private interest or public utility.

The fact that the author of a major new book asserting that breast - feeding «enslaves» and «undermines» women also personally holds controlling interest in the agency of record for the three companies that collectively control much of the infant formula market share in the United States is glaringly disturbing... Publicis has been charged with marketing Nestlé to the public since at least 1984, and has been promoting infant formula on behalf of Abbott Laboratories since 1997.

IBFAN — the International Baby Food Action Network — consists of over 27o public interest groups working in 168 countries to promote the health and well - being of infants, young children and their mothers through the protection, promotion and support of optimal infant and young child feeding practices.

Nestlé is keen to inform the URC process with the facts as part of a constructive engagement process, but would not seek to promote any decision in the company's own public relations interests.»

The group's original mission statement read: «To provide a medium through which parliamentarians and organisations with an interest in religious education can discuss the current provision of religious education, press for continuous improvement, promote public understanding and advocate rigorous education for every young person in religious and non-religious world views.»

«Ministers will need to address the need for better strategic oversight and leverage in the system to ensure it operates in the public interest, is democratically accountable, encourages and promotes genuine teacher autonomy, secures entitlement for all learners and achieves an end to the postcode lottery in education.»

If a nation decided to control its public policy over web services other nations would have great incentive to hack that system to promote their agenda, let alone special interest groups.

The Congress declares that the establishment of a Department of Education is in the public interest, will promote the general welfare of the United States, will help ensure that education issues receive proper treatment at the Federal level, and will enable the Federal Government to coordinate its education activities more effectively.

«There is a general public interest in promoting transparency, accountability, public understanding and involvement in the democratic process.

WHEREAS, New York is committed to implementing new policies to promote the efficient use of energy and natural resources in the interest of the long - term protection and enhancement of the State's environment, economy and public health;