Sentences with phrase «rules of high society»

When she takes up a position with the Benchley family, dismissed by the city's elite as «new money», Jane realizes that while she may not have financial privilege, she has a power they do not - she understands the rules of high society.

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Perhaps the Occupy Movement will bring us to the point where we once again as a society decide we want to uphold the rule of law, not just for the petty crimes of the poor, but also the high crimes of the rich and their politician puppets like Blair.

«35 years ago today my beloved father and two of his colleagues of the High Court paid the ultimate price for their commitment to human rights, the rule of law and a fair and just society.

Commenting on the lawsuit, Mr. Adom Otchere remarked that «the courts, historically, will not rule to affect the higher expectations of society.

The petition copied to Mr Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Conference of States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption reads in part: «SERAP considers these amendments to be in bad faith, patently an abuse of legislative powers, politically biased, and demonstrably unjustified in a democratic and representative society governed by the rule of law, and incompatible with the country's international human rights obligations and commitments particularly the UN Convention against Corruption, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and the African Charter on Human and Peoples» Rights, which Nigeria has ratified.»

However, according to researchers presenting their work at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's (AOSSM) Specialty Day, an unintended consequence of these rule changes may be higher rates of knee, ankle and thigh injuries.

Western countries, for all their difficulties, benefit from established civil society, functioning democracy, the rule of law, relatively high levels of trust in political institutions, and some degree of equality between the sexes, it suggests.

When Mandie Shaw is thrust into Miss Heathwood's School for Girls, she struggles to grasp the school's new rules and the finer points of high society.

When one of the society ladies states she could forgive Anna for breaking the law, but not for breaking the rules, we fully comprehend what a ridiculous state those in high society exist.

The school is ruled by a group of handsome, high - society boys known as the «Flower Four,» or the F4.

Aristotle believed that the highest form of knowledge is politics: the ability to understand people's motivations and how to influence their actions is more complex than the understanding of physics, and it has been my observation that lawyers generally have the skill of politics and ability to navigate the complexities of societies» rules.

High Court judge Mr Justice Knowles says lawyers can do more to «get behind» public legal education and improve understanding of the rule of law, while Mishcon de Reya's James Libson argues that London's biggest commercial law firms could offer more support to other parts of the profession, such as the legal aid practices defending the public on the front lines of society.

As a result of national mobility, Canada's law societies have worked with the Federation to adopt consistent rules and practices to ensure that the public is served by members of the legal profession who are held to the same high level of competence and ethics, wherever they practice in Canada.

Experience National Honor Society, President 8/1/2013 — 5/1/2014 Desert Palm High School — Las Vegas, NV Presided over meetings and ensured they were carried out according to the rules of procedure.