Sentences with phrase «than the substantive laws»

Slaw and 3 Geeks, of course, both emerged from the practice support rather than the substantive law side of the profession (both have their roots in the law librarian, KM and legal research areas).

In England and Wales, the rules of criminal procedure are what govern the issue raised in the question, rather than the substantive laws relating to the various charges which might be brought; and while the substantive laws in England and Scotland are often fairly similar, the procedures are usually very dissimilar.

Not exact matches

More than other areas of law, the normative and practical framework dedicated to climate change has embraced new instruments and softened traditional boundaries between formal and informal, public and private, substantive and procedural; so ubiquitous is the reach of relevant rules nowadays that scholars routinely devote attention to the intersection of climate change and more established fields of legal study, such as international trade law.

In the case of Wills, this is simply a matter of long standing tradition with the force of law, and there is no real solid substantive reason that it should be treated otherwise, other than the difficulty of proving which Will was real and which was the last one when the author is dead and can't clear up that point, and lots of people have large economic incentives to lie about the question.

In effect, the choice was made to test for substantive and procedural competence rather that to teach in those areas presumably on the basis either than law schools provided sufficient practical education and / or that students could learn enough on their own.

Put simply, these trial courts are faced with lengthy dockets with the pressure of trying to complete them in a sitting, often litigated by unrepresented defendants with little experience or knowledge of the substantive and procedural law, some quite upset about the perceived injustice in their case, in a crowded courtroom with perhaps less than ideal staffing or facilities.

«We have created a new portal for solo and small - firm lawyers to enter the ABA, and we have thrown open the doors to our more than two dozen substantive law sections, recognizing that these colleagues practice in many areas of the law and work on behalf of a diverse group of clients.

Terri has published more than 30 articles on substantive law, legal skills, the legal industry, and various aspects of law firm practice innovation, change management and talent management.

§ 3.1 If I could reduce the message of this book to one simple axiom, it would be this: «If you can bring your client's action in more than one jurisdiction, you should bring that action in the forum whose substantive law is most favourable to your client's claim, provided that you can keep the case there.»

Several hits near the top of these search results were law blogs, but the content of the relevant post consisted of little more than links to other, more - substantive posts or articles.

Most lawyers now specialize in a field of law for which they soon know the substantive law and keep current through continuing legal education seminars and other secondary sources written by lawyers in the field for lawyers, rather than for judges.

The central idea of Principled Monism is that there is a scheme of substantive principles of justice, and that it is this scheme rather than necessarily a formal hierarchy of sources which holds the multitude of institutional sources of national and international law together (p. 325).

The provisions of CPR 57.7 which requires that the claim form contains a statement of the claimants» and defendants» interest in the estate is a useful starting point but this case clarifies that this is in fact a substantive law point rather than a simply procedural issue.

Applying the public policy exception to the rule of lex loci delicti, the trial court correctly ruled that Georgia rather than Florida substantive law applies to the wrongful death and survival actions.

Known as the «Ten Minute Mentor» program, and available at www.tenminutementor.com, it contains more than 100 online videos that cover substantive law, ethics, personal development and law practice management in 10 - minute presentations.

[1] The common practice among law firms of hiring articling students based on the obscure notion of «fit», rather than objective and substantive criteria, puts Black law students at a disadvantage.

Most law firm leaders today focus more on the substantive quality and quantity of work being done than on the systems and processes used to produce and deliver it.

If the reasoning around the punitive damage award was less rationalistic, it would likely be less objectionable: rather than trying to wash the inherently subjective awarding of punitive damages with a patina of determinism, the Court would be better off simply acknowledging that there is little, if any, substantive content to their various pronouncements on the topic and deferring to the trial award (they seem happy to do so for so many other aspects of the law, both in this case and others, why not punitive damages awards?).

Other than KRE 614, Lawson's observation of the practice, and the Slaughter case, there was not much in the way of modern case law or authority in Kentucky to instruct trial judges and litigators on any particular procedural or substantive considerations for allowing juror questions, until the Kentucky Supreme Court issued its opinion in Fraser v. Miller, 427 S.W. 3d 182 (Ky. 2014).

Perhaps if you (and the criticism would apply equally to Omar, since he and I have had this debate here before, as well as numerous other benchers and law society bureaucrats) actually addressed the substantive concerns — perhaps actually cited a source for the purported obligation to promote equality, diversity and inclusion generally — rather than dismissing the critics of this proposal for being inadequately woke, you might win over critics like me (and many of the people I've spoken with).

Insofar as judicial review serves to uphold the Rule of Law, individual rights, federalism, procedural fairness, or whatever other substantive value, deferential review presumably accomplishes these objectives less well than aggressive review.

Today, working from Janis Joplin's former house in Sausalito, Ca., JD Supra distributes law firm advisories, blog posts, articles, and other substantive content to more than 200,000 subscribers across industries and social media platforms.

For more than 50 years, the LSUC assumed the responsibility to deliver, through the Bar Admission Course, substantive practical education and skills training to graduated law students — for a fee.

The Task Force does not claim that most lawyers actually use the designated fields of substantive knowledge in their practices; nor could it: almost no one practices in all of the fields mentioned, very few practice in some of them (such as criminal or constitutional law), and a great many who practice in specialized fields require knowledge of substantive subjects other than those specified (such as tax, employment, or intellectual property law).

Said associate is usually younger than me, less experienced in the venue, and less knowledgable in the substantive law.

[55] The international legal approach to equality is one of substantive rather than formal equality: G Triggs, «Australia's Indigenous Peoples and International Law» (1999) 23 Melbourne University Law Review 372 at 379 - 381; also Australian Law Reform Commission, Recognition of Aboriginal Customary Laws, Report No 31 (1986) paras 150, 158.

The international legal approach to equality is one of substantive rather than formal equality: G Triggs, «Australia's Indigenous Peoples and International Law» (1999) 23 Melbourne University Law Review 372 at 379 - 381; also Australian Law Reform Commission, Recognition of Aboriginal Customary Laws, Report No 31 (1986) paras 150, 158.

(We are certainly not going to test a mental health professional on his or her knowledge of the law, any more than we are going to test a lawyer on his knowledge of the principles and substantive factors that make up mental health practice).