Sentence examples for present jurisprudence from inspiring English sources

This is because the present jurisprudence in capital cases increasingly forecloses review of meritorious claims that the defendant should not be subject to the ultimate punishment.

Hard though it may be to say it, our constitutional jurisprudence at present places Americans under arbitrary government power in "wide areas of life".

The story of one of the most brutal miscarriages of justice in the history of American jurisprudence is presented within the frame of a minstrel show, the disgraced theatrical tradition that traded in outrageous comic caricatures of African-Americans.

But he doesn't coast on the plain-spoken wisdom of a character presented as the Will Rogers of jurisprudence.

Savigny was a pioneering legal scientist who made lasting contributions to jurisprudence, particularly in revealing the continuity of present legal institutions with past ones; in laying the foundations of legal sociology; and in developing many of the critical methods that are now used by legal scholars everywhere.

The opinions the board reaches must be the result of genuine discussion and reflection amongst the scholars so that the judgements can be truly presented as a consensus (known as ijma in Islamic jurisprudence).

With these principles underlying our Commerce Clause jurisprudence as reference points, the proper resolution of the present cases is clear.

This time, the newspaper presented Mrs. Sweatt, the real-estate broker, as an authority on jurisprudence, including the admissibility of evidence.

"Jurisprudence is prospective, not retrospective, and in this case the law will be applied the way it is at present," said Pinky Anand, a senior advocate practicing in the Supreme Court of India who specializes in cases for women, constitutional law and international law.

However, in my next post I will present a situation in which biracial accommodation was laid bare and documented in black-and-white jurisprudence.

Mr. Ghailani's lawyers have said his case "presents possibly the most unique and egregious example of a speedy trial violation in American jurisprudence".