Sentences with phrase «proper role of judges»

Since the enactment of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982, there has been much discussion about the proper role of judges and courts in our democratic system.

It shows a deeply worrying and fundamental lack of understanding of the proper role of a judge.»

There is still debate about the «proper role of the judge as impartial arbitrator».

Not exact matches

Judge Graham expresses in his decision thoughts that by now should be quite familiar to our readers: «The Justices of the Supreme Court disagree among themselves on the proper role of religion in public life and the extent of the Court's authority to decide these issues under the Establishment Clause.

The apostle Paul makes the very same appeal to «natural» and «unnatural,» in the context of gender roles, when he argues that women should wear head coverings: «Judge for yourself,» he writes, «Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?

In such a forum, balancing can play a key role and they argue that the proper method for assessing the new counter-terrorism laws, from a human rights perspective, is to adopt a «balancing approach» according to which the importance of the relevant human right is weighed against the importance of the societal or community interest in deciding whether to take legislative action (or, from the position of a judge, in deciding whether a certain law is valid).

«With proper consideration and communication, targets for the number of minority judges can play an important role in addressing under - representation.

He went on to proclaim that adherence to the trial record was not a ««fetish»» but rather a central foundation for «the proper role of an appellate court,» and that extrarecord factual research by appellate judges «will cause problems in our judicial system more serious than those it is trying to solve in this case.»

It is a «must» read if you are interested in thinking about the proper role of trial judges who must sentence people.