Sentence examples for public defence from inspiring English sources

Huxley was known as "Darwin's bulldog" for his sturdy public defence of his reclusive friend's ideas.

The tie-up would have improved BAE's exposure to commercial markets - as EADS is an Airbus aircraft manufacturer - in a climate when public defence spending is declining.

Neither Kelly nor Bloomberg testified during the trial, but the pair used their positions to mount a public defence of the city's police force.

Professor Blakemore's public defence of animal experimentation made him too controversial to be included for the honour, according to leaked papers.

With a vigorous public defence of the most controversial budget measures - the $7 Medicare co-payment and the changes to university funding.

The wit and dexterity with which she discusses her family recalls her career as a public defence lawyer, which she gave up when her oldest children were young.

Although two lower courts found for the sports-goods maker, last spring California's supreme court ruled by a 4-3 majorithathat Nike's public defences constituted "commercial speech".

Dennis Majewski, a public-defence lawyer, agrees with the protesters.

"So a child prostitute is somehow no longer a child".Some of the outrage is misplaced, says Juliana Belloque, a public-defence lawyer in São Paulo.

Westrop notes that there are "possible defences in law... but there is no general public interest defence to copyright infringement".

There is no public interest defence.