Justice William O. Douglas was the first prominent American jurist to
propose legal standing for environmental objects.
Not exact matches
Lively, with representation by Liberty Counsel (an evangelical
legal organization), responded that in both the U.S. and Uganda he exercised constitutionally protected speech rights; that he opposes violence and neither committed nor plotted any; that Uganda did not in fact pass a
proposed draconian anti-gay law, and that in any case Uganda's political institutions, instead of himself, are responsible for its political decisions; and that the court lacks jurisdiction and the plaintiffs lack
standing.
But even in an environmental - impact statement, it is the effect of the
proposed activity only upon human welfare which has
legal standing.
He called the legislation a disturbing, blatant political ploy that will make New Yorkers less safe, and one that's being
proposed without a
legal leg to
stand on.
In fact, the confusion has led the ABA
Standing Committee on the Delivery of
Legal Services to
propose changes to the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct.
The deal represents the first time non-lawyers will
stand to profit from a law firm as shareholders and is more than double the size of that
proposed by Perth firm Integrated
Legal Holdings last year, which is still pending regulatory approval.
Updated
proposed changes to the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct regarding information about
legal services has been posted on the website of the ABA
Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility.
A draft law was
proposed at the conference of the
Standing Committee of the National People's Congress reading that virtual currency should get the same
legal status in China as physical assets.
The Senate
Standing Committee on Constitutional and
Legal Affairs
proposed in its 1983 Report Two Hundred Years Later, the insertion of a clause in the Constitution along the lines of s105A in which the Commonwealth is empowered to make agreements with representatives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.