Sentences with phrase «rules of evidence for»

In the Native Title Report 2005 and the Native Title Report 2007, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner expressed his support for the Australian Law Reform Commission's (ALRC's) recommendations to amend the rules of evidence for proving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander traditional law and custom.6

It is also helpful to know the trial rules in your area, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Federal Rules of Evidence for trial purposes.

He did so at the expense of the presumption of innocence and at the behest of a public interest group claiming special rules of evidence for victims of some crimes.»

As it is a quasi-civil order (civil rules of evidence for the most part, with some criminal rules applying) it is by no means a straightforward area of law.

It does not meet the established rules of evidence for any court.

Not exact matches

As an example, they cited outside research and «early evidence» from a previous study Matias conducted on Internet messaging board Reddit that involved showing readers of Reddit's «r / science» forum rules for commenting.

The first ruling, in 1992, was overturned by U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, which sided with the football team based on a lack of evidence of disparagement, and on the principle of «laches.»

For instance, we were once in a proceeding in which the judge made a ruling on evidence presented at trial by opposing counsel that was going to fundamentally change the outcome of the case.

But critics point to the high numbers of one - and - done players — who declare at the earliest opportunity under the rule — as evidence that the rule is not working as intended to prepare young athletes for life as an NBA player.

As evidenced by recent events, there appear to be plenty of job openings for mayors who ignore the rules and then refuse to admit any wrongdoing when caught.

Furman and Betsey Stevenson, another council member, provide what they describe as «evidence» that proves DOL's draft «Conflict of Interest Rule for Retirement Savings,» which seeks to broaden the definition of who is a fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, is sorely needed.

Barbara Roper, director of investor protection for the Consumer Federation of America, said that «the overwhelming evidence is that the rule is not only workable, but working as intended to eliminate toxic incentives that encourage and reward harmful advice while preserving access to advice.»

The FDA's Advisory Committee meeting ruled that the body of evidence for the company's ataluren...

While it would be difficult to take a lack of fresh credit strains as evidence of restored health in the banking and lending system, we can't rule out the possibility that the Rube Goldberg machine created by the Fed and the Treasury will be enough to take us through a period of years (or if we follow Japan's example, decades) where we will gradually bury the losses of the banking system, trading a short - lived period of adjustment instead for a long - term period of stagnant credit.

There are no public rulings allowing for the use of this provision and the public evidence I could find suggested that 9948.00.00 does not apply.

God has rules (for evidence of this look at His creations) and he plays by the rules he sets.

It is all a test for the afterlife — and afterlife for which there is no evidence whatsoever and for which the rules of entry vary depending on who you ask.

So in short, I am an atheist and I do not rule out the possibility of God but it will take some tiny shred of empirical evidence for me to change my disbelief.

In the pages of the Wall Street Journal, Peggy Noonan wonders if a string of failures for the Obama administration counts as mounting evidence not only against his primary claim to rule, executive competence, but also against the undergirding premises of liberal political philosophy.

Evidence for the existence of King Gilgamesh is found in inscriptions crediting him with the building of the great walls of Uruk, references to him by known historical figures of his time (26th century BCE) such as King Enmebaragesi of Kish and the Sumerian King List that says he ruled for 125 years.

My position, which I commend for your consideration, is as follows: While I do not rule out the morality of research into human cloning, I do support a moratorium on such research, which would be removed in light of strong evidence for the positive benefits of such research and after concrete proposals have been formulated for avoiding the potential risks.

You need to prove, or at least provide real evidence (scientific method, rules of evidence), before we can move on to using The Babble for anything more than fire starter or toilet paper.

Can you prove using the scientific method or justice system's rules of evidence that the scientific method or justice system's rules of evidence is the most reliable methods for knowing something?

By taking that elemental assurance at its face value, he was able to accept a primary rule of modern philosophy — that the evidence for an external world can be found only within occasions of experience — without being drawn into solipsism.

Examples are 9/11 hijackings, The holding back of stem cell research that could save countless human lives, Aids being spread due to religious opposition to the use of condoms, Christians legally fighting this year to teach over 1 million young girls in America that they must always be obedient to men, the eroding of child protection laws in America by Christians, for so called faith based healing alternatives that place children's health and safety at risk, burning of witches, the crusades, The Nazi belief that the Aryans were god's chosen to rule the world, etc... But who cares about evidence in the real world when we have our imaginations and delusions about gods with no evidence of them existing.

The fundamental theologian's principal responsibility is to try to articulate the norms and procedures, the methods and the rules of evidence which would allow for that conversation.

«While some may argue that the Netherlands State Institute for War Documentation used an elephant to swat a fly,» Lipstadt says, «once again it becomes clear that the deniers» claims have no relationship to the most basic rules of truth and evidence.»

One might invoke Bedouin rule as parallel, but the better course is to drop the problem for lack of evidence and go on to our earliest sources for Israel's life after the settlement in Palestine.

The leadership of Jehoiada in the overthrow of Athaliah and his rule for some years as regent may not be employed as evidence of the rise of the hierarchy to temporal power (II Kings 11:4 - 12:16).

The following verse from the Qur» an is good evidence of the comprehensive nature of the Islamic rules of conduct, «It is not righteousness that ye turn your faces to the East and the West; but righteous is he who believeth in Allah and the Last Day and the angels and the Scripture and the Prophets; and giveth his wealth, in spite of his love for it, to kinsfolk and to orphans and the needy and the wayfarer and to those who ask, and to set slaves free; and observeth proper worship and payeth the poor - due.

I guess under Judge Martin's brilliant legal analysis, if the gun - toting, bible - beatin» Christians of his county find his ruling «offensive» they can just bring their pitchforks and remove him from the bench, and then in any subsequent prosecution all evidence will be thrown out and Judge Martin can be called a «doofus» for making a ruling that offends them.

Charismatic preachers who are undone by adultery are unfortunate evidence of this rule too so what implications should this have about how we take care of, and look out for, the gifted among us?

Rules for which you provide no evidence of measurable authority, by the way.

For I intent to do my best to rule out any possible human - based causes of such evidence that may appear.

An exception to this rigorous rule might have been the duty to give evidence in court concerning a crime which a priest learned about in the confessional; but as the civil law of evidence developed, it included a privilege for the priest against being compelled to reveal anything told to him under the «seal of the confessional.»

Unfortunately (for the Boe case at least), Congress «impounded» the proposed Rules of Evidence until it could review them and enact what it approved.

The court ruled that, for purposes of summary judgment, the plaintiff class established a defect not because their individually purchased products contained biological contaminants, but rather because the act of recalling potentially contaminated food provided evidence of a product defect.

For example, if an organic food shipment showed any evidence of pests or disease the shipment's owner was treating the so - called «organic» food the same way they would treat conventional food — fumigating it with pesticides that are prohibited under USDA organic rules.

In addition, the petition requested that we issue an interim final rule under section 403 (r)(7)(A) of the FD&C Act, stating that the evidence is compelling and the potential to encourage fruit and vegetable consumption is important for public health and that issuing an interim final rule would allow affected fruit and vegetable products to become eligible to bear these health claims as expeditiously as possible.

For immigration visa matters, the rules of evidence don't apply in evaluating visa applications so it will still be relevant there as well.

In particular, the rules encourage members to accept a predetermined sanction for given acts of misconduct rather than undergoing a full tribunal, but establish an impartial panel of decision makers with clear rules for evidence and standards of proof should a full disciplinary hearing be required.

The rules are a balance of evidence - based research and practicality, encouraging schools to sell competitive foods that are aligned with the USDA's Dietary Guidelines for Americans: more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and low - fat dairy options; and limits on calories, fat, sugar and sodium.

For recent evidence of Nestlé's continued harmful marketing of baby feeding products see: Save the Children Report Don't Push it IBFAN ICDC Global Monitoring Report (Breaking the Rules, Stretching the Rules, 2017)

The court ruled that the police could not continue to search the files for evidence of criminal activity.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of these rules or any rule of the House of Representatives, to demonstrate the support required of this paragraph a certificate evidencing the affirmative written support of the required number of permanently seated delegates from each of the eight (8) or more states shall have been submitted to the secretary of the convention not later than one (1) hour prior to the placing of the names of candidates for nomination pursuant to this rule and the established order of business.»

The three - judge panel did, however, rule that there was sufficient evidence for the charges to support a conviction of quid - pro-quo bribery if a jury was instructed properly, and said the Skeloses can be retried.

The proposals include the elimination of pretrial detention for low - level offenses; setting a speedy trial requirement to keep people from being held in jail for months awaiting trial; and changing discovery rules to allow defendants access to all evidence before making a plea.

In a series of tentative rulings Monday, Wood also disclosed in a cryptic exchange with a defense lawyer that the defendants want to offer testimony on a secret, sealed matter that she described as «sympathy for Adam» evidence.

In 2008 the courts ruled that using force for these purposes breaches children's human rights because it can cause serious harm and was not shown to be necessary (the court referred to evidence that in secure children's Homes restraint is not used to enforce good behaviour by children convicted of an offence).

Earlier this week a judge ruled that a veil - wearing woman could be forced to remove the veil in front of himself and the jury when giving evidence, but that she could remain covered for the rest of the trial.