These serve as the foundation for understanding more complex topics, such as the elements of argument and the chain of legal
reasoning used in court cases and historical documents.Advanced Composition and Rhetoric Honors also includes honors enrichment activities.
Not exact matches
Many who hated Scalia's rulings could not help but be entertained by his razor - sharp writing, which he
used especially
in his dissenting opinions to carve up the majority's
reasoning (my favorite is Planned Parenthood v. Casey, where among other things he referred to the majority's «Nietzschean vision of us unelected, life - tenured judges — leading a Volk who will be «tested by following»» the
Court's rulings obediently).
The
reasons for accepting it do not form the kind of deductive proof we require
in logic or pure mathematics, but they resemble the arguments
used in a
court of law to establish innocence or culpability.
In the opinion of many constitutional experts, a majority of five Justices of the Supreme
Court used the case as a vehicle to
reason the Free Exercise Clause out of the Constitution.
Indeed,
in some ways, Sehat's minimalist state is already here:
Courts at the state and federal levels have
used expansive government «interests» as
reasons to trump protected religious exercise.
It will clear up our
courts and our jails, it will allow police to focus on real crime, it will allow it to be
used for medicinal
reasons, it will reduce crime, it will stop money from being wasted on the drug war, and it will bring
in more tax revenue.
The fact that defendant has not only dressed his product
in imitation of that of the plaintiff, but has,
in addition, likewise
used plaintiff's trade - mark, gives added
reason why the
Court should require that hereafter defendant not only discontinue the
use of the name «Tabasco,» but that he adopt a new and distinctive bottle and carton, such as will clearly and unmistakably differentiate his sauce from the «Tabasco Pepper Sauce» manufactured by plaintiff.
In more recent centuries it was held that there were other
reasons as well, mainly that it placed limits on the
use of coercion and police abuse, and forced
courts to look at evidence more than possibly unreliable confessions.
Senator Krueger says there are legitimate
reasons to
use political donors» money to pay legal fees, for instance, if an opponent is challenging your nominating petitions
in court.
Prof. Dankofa, among other things,
in suit KDH / KAD / 236 / 2018 is praying the
court to «declare that the action of the respondents (Kaduna State Government and Kaduna Geographic Information Service, KADGIS)
in arrogating to themselves the power to punitively sanction the Applicants (Hunkuyi and his Company, Muna Investment Ltd) property, even if the Applicants were purportedly
in default of payment of either ground rent or land
use charge or for any other
reason constitute a gross violation of Applicant Fundamental Human Right guaranteed under section 43 (1) and 46 (1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) and therefore illegal, unconstitutional, null and void.»
A U.S. appeals
court today upheld the legality of federally funded research on human embryonic stem cells (hESCs)-- the latest
in a string of wins for the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
in a 3 - year legal battle with groups that for moral
reasons want to block the
use of these cells.
Alice's rebellious past, which has been filled with half - truths and minor infractions, is not only
used against her
in court, but provides her friends and family
reason to question her alleged innocence at a time when she desperately needs their support.
In two watershed cases, preserving local control was
used by the United States Supreme
Court as a
reason to leave inequities untouched...
Like the Supreme
Court in Zelman, the Ohio and Wisconsin
courts reasoned that voucher programs do not provide money for the benefit of religious schools but rather for the benefit of students and their parents, who may independently choose to
use the voucher at a religious school.
This paper examines the nature of and
reasons for
courts» increasing separation of powers concerns and then briefly explores what lessons adequacy plaintiffs might take away for
use in future litigation.
Part of the
reason for this shift is a recent U.S. Supreme
Court opinion that suggested it may not be constitutionally sound for schools and districts to integrate solely based on students» race or ethnicity.15 Responding to this opinion, most school integration policies have shifted away from
using race as a determining factor
in student assignment.
The Colorado Supreme
Court even
used similar
reasoning to uphold scholarships to private religious colleges
in Americans United v. State Fund Inc..
The
reason the
court gave for calling ebooks a separate product than a book (and therefore subjected to a different tax rate) is that a separate device must be
used and presumably purchased
in order to read the ebook.
Well,
in 2014, a
court ruling held that customer Susan Plevin was treated unfairly because she wasn't told about the large amount of commission (71.8 %) taken from her PPI payment - and from now, this can be
used as a new
reason to claim for compensation.
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reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of the Terms of
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in full force and effect.
If, for whatever
reason, a
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in full force and effect.
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In a climate case, more so than any other policy - related case,
courts need to inform themselves of the range of scientific opinions, the specific points of agreement and disagreements, the assumptions made by scientists, their theories and
reasoning, the validity and accuracy of the models
used, the unknowns, uncertainties, and gradations, etc..
In actual
courts of law, the
reason the
courts keep clarifying their own
use of the fallacy is because of advocacy for and against the fallacy.
Ronald Bailey, science correspondent for the
Reason Foundation — also named
in Walker's subpoena — said, according to the Washington Times: «These subpoenas are a huge step
in using courts to silence people who hold views that differ from those of powerful government officials.»
Under the Masterpiece
reasoning, there is no room for disclaimers or website content to correct initial mistake or confusion resulting from the initial trademark or domain name
use, as the
Court of Appeal
in this decision appears to have allowed.
Each winner agrees (for himself or herself and his or her heirs) that, by accepting the prize, we, along with our affiliates and agents, will have no liability, and will be held harmless by the winners for any liability, loss, injury or damage to property or person, including death, and reasonable attorney's fees and
court costs, due
in whole or
in part, directly or indirectly, by
reason of the acceptance, possession,
use or misuse of the prize or participation
in the Giveaway, even if caused or contributed to by our negligence.
The point is not to argue that the
Court's
reasoning and conclusions are incorrect, but to shed light on the ways
in which arbitral tribunals have actually «
used» EU law, and to show that the
Court's understanding (with which most commentators sympathize) that investment arbitration poses a threat to the autonomy of EU law is somewhat inflated.
Those conditions had been specifically laid down
in Tele2 Sverige and consist of subjecting the
use of data to a prior review — except for cases of urgency — by a
court or an independent administrative body, to which the competent authority submit a «
reasoned request» (para 202).
In an illustration of a seldom
used power,
reasons for judgement were released this week by the BC Supreme
Court, Victoria Registry, ordering a Plaintiff's lawyer to pay costs to Defendants personally pursuant to Rule 14 - 1 (33) after bringing an unsuccessful application to renew a lawsuit.
Is there a valid
reason to require a certified
court reporter to record a deposition that will be
used in court, or is a video deposition sufficient?
In making such a finding, the
court would have to issue a written order about the deviation and explain the
reasons that the percentage - based child support guidelines were not
used.
At the same time, Rose says there is plenty that we don't know, such as whether or not it is safer for employers to
use fewer words
in a termination clause and avoid all - inclusive language, and whether, for public policy
reasons, future
court decisions will put an onus on employers to make clear to employees the differences between ESA entitlements and the common law before they sign ESA - only contracts.
It is,
in fact, impossible to find the
reasons for judgment of the
Court of Appeal,
using this style of cause, on either the
Court's own website (even when you know the date of the decision) or through CanLII — or, for that matter QL or WestLaw.
BC Injury Law And ICBC Claims Blog Subjective Soft Tissue Injuries And Judicial Scrutiny Last year I criticized the often recited judicial passage stating that «``... the
Court should be exceedingly careful when there is little or no objective evidence of continuing injury and when complaints of pain persist for long periods extending beyond the normal or usual recovery...» and pointing out that these comments should no longer be
used given Supreme
Court of Canada's
reasons in FH v. McDougall.
... the time has come to recognize the stark reality that our
court, for whatever
reason, lags unacceptably behind
in the
use of electronic communications with our
court users.
As the recent story
in The Guardian relates, barring Bayes has led to a strong reaction from the scientific and mathematics communities and the formation of a group of more than 60 members aimed at explicating and defending the
use of probabilistic
reasoning in the criminal
courts.
It rightly emphasises the importance of, and engages
in detail
in, statutory interpretation, and marks a more discursive form of constitutional
reasoning than the
Court has previously
used in this field.
And what peeves me
in particular is that
in this digital day and age, there's no
reason for lawyers to have to worry about contacting
court reporters, ordering transcripts or getting them prepared: Trials should be taped and automatically transcribed either through
use of natural speaking software or by offshoring transcription overseas.
It was the second time
in seven years that Ritchie received a serious rebuke on appeal, since
in 2004, another superior
court judge overturned his conviction
in such a case because of the judge's
use of «boilerplate»
reasons.
That's the
reason legal seminars focused on understanding and
using social media evidence
in court have become so prevalent: lawyers want to learn all they can about this important topic.
While s. 17 of the Act preserves the applicability of the local rules of
court except where inconsistent, it is circular
reasoning, as the
court in Cegir noted, to
use that section to interpret s. 9 — as the
court did
in Ritter.
The criticisms raised
in relation to the decision of the
Court do not necessarily pertain to the result reached by the
Court; rather, the issues touched by these short considerations pertain to the
reasoning and the arguments
used by the CJEU.
While deciding HRC Shipping case, the learned
court had drawn upon the reasoning used in the landmark Indian case, Bhatia International v Bulk Trading SA [3], where the Court held that the Act itself did not state that it would not apply if the place of arbitration is not in Bangladesh or that it would apply only if the place of arbitration is in Bangla
court had drawn upon the
reasoning used in the landmark Indian case, Bhatia International v Bulk Trading SA [3], where the
Court held that the Act itself did not state that it would not apply if the place of arbitration is not in Bangladesh or that it would apply only if the place of arbitration is in Bangla
Court held that the Act itself did not state that it would not apply if the place of arbitration is not
in Bangladesh or that it would apply only if the place of arbitration is
in Bangladesh.
The legal distinction between reality and virtual reality applied to
court cases is very much open to debate, however, assuming that the environment is as accurate and detailed as possible, the evidence has been integrated correctly and the technology is
used in an appropriate way, there is no
reason that the virtual can not be accepted as the real;
in the same way that security and disability audits can be conducted for the construction industry
using 3D models and virtual reality.
If a similar dispute has been resolved
in the past, the
court is usually bound to follow the
reasoning used in the prior decision (a principle known as stare decisis).
The third
use of «By the
Court» is the proactive set: the
Court decides on its own initiative and for its own
reasons that an issue arising
in a «normal» appeal (that is to say, not a reference case) deserves this unusual decision format.
Similarly, the Dickson biography declares that although two specific decisions were reported as «By the
Court» judgments, Dickson's own papers put it beyond doubt that Dickson himself wrote the
reasons in question — but, again, there is no discussion of why the impersonal label was
used at all, no indication of why Dickson did not assume individual responsibility
in the usual way, no hint of a broader practice or policy.
After a detailed interview of the client and careful scrutiny of the statement of the complainant and other evidence, the defence found that within several days of the charges the complainant filed
in Family
Court for sole custody and
used the allegations as a
reason for sole custody.
Hopefully, any of the balanced scholarly looks will (a) acknowledge that these lethal injection cases
in federal
courts should be dealt with swiftly, as the Supreme
Court has said that when stays
in capital cases are issued, the issues need to be resolved expeditiously, (b) acknowledge that some of the legal
reasoning in some of the cases lacks, e.g., Fogel's constitutionalization of the wattage of a light bulb or Frost's
use of cases where a party has engaged
in sharp dealings to analyze Ohio's «fault»
in filing an interlocutory appeal and (c) examine whether the burden of proof has been subtly shifted from the prisoner to the state
in these cases.