Judge Stanton said the jurors could consider her objections as well as what he called a "societal interest that's broader than the victim's family's."

We have a strong societal interest in changing that.

Moreover, it is buttressed by the societal interest in being alerted to the need for thoughtful response to voices that might otherwise go unheard.

These are the important societal interests the psychotherapist-patient privilege works to protect.

They will not speak of facts, of differing circumstances and differing societal interests.

"It complements them," she wrote, "by recognition of a societal interest in insuring that persons have a civil right to be free from gender-based violence."

Ordinances represent a legislative choice regarding the promotion of particular societal interests.

His administration then affirmed that the government would only intervene in religious issues "related to national and societal interests".

At the very least, there is a societal interest in ensuring that reasonable efforts are made to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases.

The panel became the first public body in the country to comprehensively address the individual and societal interests involved in treatments for infertility.