Sentences with phrase «prompted by a court decision»
Massachusetts» success started with the Massachusetts Education Reform Act of 1993 (MERA), a sweeping bill of reform that was prompted by a court decision McDuffy vs. Robertson.
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A May 2017 decision by a state appellate court prompted the proposed legislation.
A decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in United Student Aid Funds, Inc. v. Espinosa, 130 S. Ct. 1367 (2010), has reportedly prompted a review of various Chapter 13 bankruptcy procedures.
The issue of whether it is discriminatory to enhance maternity pay but not shared parental pay remains unresolved by the higher courts, but this decision ought to prompt employers to review their policies about enhanced pay to avoid falling into the trap that Network Rail did, and also to ensure that there is parity between the provisions of any policies relating to shared parental leave in general.
The decision to move the publication of judgments to CanLII was prompted by the assurance of earlier and easier access to Court judgments, and the need to realize labour cost savings.
In several important respects, decisions by the courts have also prompted and enabled further reforms.
That version was in 2006 determined to be unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, a decision that prompted the passage of the original Military Commissions Act later that year.
the Migration Act should be amended so that the decision to detain a person is subject to prompt review by a court, in accordance with international law
Two thousand and seven was the fifteenth anniversary of Mabo No 2, the High Court decision that prompted the government to pass the Native Title Act 1993.2 In passing the Act the Australian Parliament took into account that the Government had acted to protect the rights of all of its citizens, and in particular its Indigenous peoples, by recognising the international standards for the protection of universal human rights and fundamental freedoms.3 The Act was intended to be a special measure for the advancement and protection of Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders.