Sentences with phrase «quality of the argument by»

Justice Antonin Scalia, perhaps the leading exponent of this criticism, emphasizes the purely procedural quality of the argument by declaring abortion, for example, to be a matter entirely outside the purview of constitutional law and, therefore, beyond the jurisdiction of courts.

Not exact matches

suffering, true sociality, as qualities of the divine, along with radical differences (as we shall see) in the meanings ascribed to creation, the universe, human freedom, and in the arguments for the existence of God, those inclined to think that any view that is intimately connected with theological traditions must have been disposed of by this time should also beware lest they commit a non sequitur.

The argument that these qualities must inhere in an underlying substance can be disposed of by the simple fact that if all our ideas or concepts arise in sense experience, we can have no idea or concept of substance.

In a world oriented around printed words, the sermon competed for attention by seeking to possess the qualities of a written text: logical development, clear argument, thorough and conclusive treatment.

I can see by the quality of your argument that I would have nothing to worry about in a debate.

If later selves have content in them that resembles the content in earlier selves, then by an argument made familiar by Bertrand Russell, this resemblance would seem to require grounding in a monadic or dyadic universal which is a multiply exemplifiable entity in each, perhaps the relation of resemblance itself.4 In order to be veridical, my present memory of a past experience must have identical qualities instanced in it as were instanced in the past experience when it was present.

But even if we skip the money argument, Arsenal could still improve the squad by getting rid of some deadwood and adding some better quality instead.

For instance, the judge granted summary judgment against the NCAA on its argument that scholarship rules «improve [e] the quality of the collegiate experience for student - athletes, other students, and alumni by maintaining the unique heritage and traditions of college athletics and preserving amateurism as a foundational principle, thereby distinguishing amateur college athletics from professional sports, allowing the former to exist as a distinct form of athletic rivalry and as an essential component of a comprehensive college education.»

I read Tom Miller's comment «Wow, nice to see a bit of legal argument out on the Labour blogs...» differently, as being about the quality and depth of Lord Justice White's excellent post on the legal position rather than the idea that the issue is neglected by the Labour blogs.

What I can't stand about Blonde's argument over public services, is his failure to realize that private property in healthcare budgets is regressive because it lowers the quality of care for the sickest and poorest by depriving them of resources they need, and removes democratic accountability from healthcare.

Though always a complex decision medically and emotionally, she's past her childbearing and breastfeeding years, and the quality of life given by peace of mind that you'll more than likely be there for your kids is an argument winner for many women over keeping their breasts.

Billig strengthens the argument for service learning by citing the benefits of volunteerism for quality of life.

The danger with your argument — that we may have no choice but to rely on test scores — is that it rationalizes ignorant actions by policy makers whose knowledge of school or program quality consists almost entirely of test score results.

He makes similar arguments about how efforts to improve teacher quality, instructional approaches like Success for All, and high - expectation techniques practiced by educators like Jaime Escalante and Rafe Esquith are not promising models for reform because their success is due to the selection of students or other factors that can not be replicated on a broader scale.

Contrary to the arguments of some conservative reformers, focusing on achievement gaps even helps White middle class children by improving the quality of teaching, curricula and school environments all students experience.

Darling - Hamond (1998) makes a strong argument for quality professional development by stating that each dollar spent on improving teachers» qualifications nets greater gains in student learning than any other use of an education dollar.

Just as importantly, eight decades of court rulings — driven by the courtroom work of civil rights activists and school funding equity advocates — also provides reformers with the legal arguments necessary to challenge tenure laws and other policies that impede the constitutional obligation of states to provide children with high - quality education.

That success is defined by an alumni network of accomplished professionals whose stories are the best argument for continued investment in high quality early education.

It makes perfect sense that self - defined «indie» authors might attempt to change the ground of the argument by changing the definition of quality — kicking the elephant out of the room, so to speak.

But by the same argument, you could say that Twilight or Shades of Grey must have cheated because the quality is bad (when in truth, millions of people enjoyed them).

It seems to me that the main premise of your argument is that «the casual reader» can not find reliable information about eBook quality, which is what makes the market for new eBooks (there is no used eBooks market) similar to that described by Akerlof.

Price competition won't go away, and with a by - now huge and - still - growing market of indie books that practice price competition - and - which are (no matter hows publishers and pundits try to deny it) increasingly indistinguishable from traditionally published books in terms of packaging and writing / editing quality, publishers need to come up with an argument in favor of higher pricing that - readers - find convincing, or else lower prices.

This provides support to the argument that the value premium may be driven by the mispricing of the poorer earnings quality of growth stocks.

Scientific publications tell what scientists have concluded and they can be criticized by arguments of scientific quality.

The idea is quite elegant and eliminates a great deal of wasted time and argument by simply ignoring problems with data quality.

For its true... whenever I look at the quality of evidence and argument and general disregard for scientific principles advanced by many climatologists, then I really don't find it at all satisfactory.

«We still meet the belief... that vaccination is a gigantic fraud deliberately perpetuated for the sake of gain... The opposition to vaccination... still retains the «all or none» quality of primitive behaviour and, like many emotional reactions, is supported by a wealth of argument which the person reacting honestly believes to be the logical foundation of his behaviour.»

You can compare the quality of the strength of the graphic arguments, which also could be numbered by a correlation factor between -1, 0, and +1 with the graphic arguments of the authors of this thread and if we now have a problem with our gravitation, we only have a problem to solve.

Kalajdzic finds that the all too common argument in favor of ABS, «that access to new sources of capital will allow lawyers to bring in technological innovations and adopt new business structures; firms using ABS will have a competitive advantage and will thus be able to achieve economies of scale; with economies of scale firms can lower prices and provide better quality of service,» is not supported by the available data.

I identify, among a host of examples, the way in which Professor Zander handles the quality and length of modern legislation and the process by which it comes to be enacted in the form which it finally takes: the admissibility in argument involving statutory interpretation of reference to Hansard and the Parliamentary debates: the personal element in judicial law - making, and the «so called» rules of statutory interpretation: and diversity on the judicial bench.

42 Firstly, with regard to the applicant's argument that the word «doughnuts» is regarded by the Spanish public as descriptive of the goods in question, the Board of Appeal addressed that argument by stating, in paragraph 18 of the contested decision, that for the average Spanish consumer (excluding those who speak English) the word «doughnuts» did not describe the goods or their qualities.

1 For attempts to measure the effect of advocacy quality through other means, see, e.g., Banks Miller et al., Leveling the Odds: The Effect of Quality Legal Representation in Cases of Asymmetrical Capability, 49 Law & Soc» y Rev. 209 (2015)(finding that high quality representation evened the odds for asylum applicants and that asylum seekers fared better when unrepresented than when represented by a poor lawyer); Mitchell J. Frank & Dr. Osvaldo F. Morera, Professionalism and Advocacy at Trial — Real Jurors Speak in Detail About the Performance of Their Advocates, 64 Baylor L. Rev. 1, 38 (2012)(finding statistically significant correlations in criminal cases between jurors» perceptions of closing argument persuasiveness and jury verdict, and finding statistically significant correlations in civil cases between perceptions of defense counsel's closing argument persuasiveness and defense verdict); James M. Anderson & Paul Heaton, How Much Difference Does the Lawyequality through other means, see, e.g., Banks Miller et al., Leveling the Odds: The Effect of Quality Legal Representation in Cases of Asymmetrical Capability, 49 Law & Soc» y Rev. 209 (2015)(finding that high quality representation evened the odds for asylum applicants and that asylum seekers fared better when unrepresented than when represented by a poor lawyer); Mitchell J. Frank & Dr. Osvaldo F. Morera, Professionalism and Advocacy at Trial — Real Jurors Speak in Detail About the Performance of Their Advocates, 64 Baylor L. Rev. 1, 38 (2012)(finding statistically significant correlations in criminal cases between jurors» perceptions of closing argument persuasiveness and jury verdict, and finding statistically significant correlations in civil cases between perceptions of defense counsel's closing argument persuasiveness and defense verdict); James M. Anderson & Paul Heaton, How Much Difference Does the LawyeQuality Legal Representation in Cases of Asymmetrical Capability, 49 Law & Soc» y Rev. 209 (2015)(finding that high quality representation evened the odds for asylum applicants and that asylum seekers fared better when unrepresented than when represented by a poor lawyer); Mitchell J. Frank & Dr. Osvaldo F. Morera, Professionalism and Advocacy at Trial — Real Jurors Speak in Detail About the Performance of Their Advocates, 64 Baylor L. Rev. 1, 38 (2012)(finding statistically significant correlations in criminal cases between jurors» perceptions of closing argument persuasiveness and jury verdict, and finding statistically significant correlations in civil cases between perceptions of defense counsel's closing argument persuasiveness and defense verdict); James M. Anderson & Paul Heaton, How Much Difference Does the Lawyequality representation evened the odds for asylum applicants and that asylum seekers fared better when unrepresented than when represented by a poor lawyer); Mitchell J. Frank & Dr. Osvaldo F. Morera, Professionalism and Advocacy at Trial — Real Jurors Speak in Detail About the Performance of Their Advocates, 64 Baylor L. Rev. 1, 38 (2012)(finding statistically significant correlations in criminal cases between jurors» perceptions of closing argument persuasiveness and jury verdict, and finding statistically significant correlations in civil cases between perceptions of defense counsel's closing argument persuasiveness and defense verdict); James M. Anderson & Paul Heaton, How Much Difference Does the Lawyer Make?

The argument that vendors make when they sell us these services is that these databases will make lawyers more efficient (effectively saving the client money by reducing lawyer time spent on a file) and improve the quality of research (which in turn improves the quality of the work done for the client).

The arguments for the proponents are said to be that (i) access to outside capital permits economies of scale, infrastructure and specialization, (ii) non-lawyer ownership is an avenue not just to economic capital but also to «high - value employee with different skills sets», (iii) outside investment allows consumers better information and quality of service by the development of brands which provide consumer information and an incentive to ensure quality and (iv) a business offering multiple types of services can provide services with greater convenience and efficiency.

The cynical argument that law firms will continue to recruit cheap labour in the form of trainees, rather than more expensive trained and experienced lawyers, doesn't really hold water for a sector driven by quality demands.