Corporations are created by the people, acting through their governments. We grant them corporate charters that confer certain legal rights and privileges, like the ability to enter into contracts, limited liability and perpetual life.
I used to brag that I can hold up any eviction - even if the landlord had legal rights, I could hold it up for a year.
There have been some gains made in terms of more equality for women in the workplace and in the way the legal system deals with issues of violence against women.
It is essential to link enterprises on the basis of objective laws of a socialist economy and legal system.
I've led a school whose faculty and students examine and discuss and debate every aspect of our law and legal system. And what I've learned most is that no one has a monopoly on truth or wisdom. I've learned that we make progress by listening to each other, across every apparent political or ideological divide.
When officers' actions violate their duty, justice should be served in accordance with our legal system.
We've got fifty people at Gitmo that are too dangerous to be let go that will never go through a normal criminal trial. Let's create a new legal system, so they'll have their day in court.
The legal system in Afghanistan is very immature and porous.
The Republican majority will stop at nothing to prevent access to the legal system for those who are hurt.
We have a very long legal system with the European Union, and we're English speaking.
Every generation gets the Constitution that it deserves. As the central preoccupations of an era make their way into the legal system, the Supreme Court eventually weighs in, and nine lawyers in robes become oracles of our national identity.
No country could claim to be civilized if its legal system weren't available to everyone in it.
There is a separation - a very clear separation - between the judiciary, the legal system, and the political system in this country, and that's why Labor has a problem with the issue of mandatory sentencing as a principle.
The entire legal system was built upon the assumption that people would have adequate representation. When they don't, the system fails, and the laws don't matter.
I saw the legal system close up, and I understood that it was built by lawyers for lawyers, and unless you have an attorney to navigate it, you're not going to be successful.
It is common sense that in our immigration courts, where children fleeing devastating violence abroad often find themselves, kids need lawyers to advocate on their behalf. After all, lawyers go to school for years to understand the nuances of our legal system.
Hitler never abandoned the cloak of legality; he recognized the enormous psychological value of having the law on his side. Instead, he turned the law inside out and made illegality legal.
If somebody invented cigarettes today, the government would not legalize them.
Gay and lesbian people have families, and their families should have legal protection, whether by marriage or civil union.
I mean, in some cases with libel laws, you know, they can write things about people who have no course of action, because they can't afford to take legal action against them.
