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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...many another professional organization, the American Bar Association has a popular image of being more concerned about serving its membership than the public interest. At its 105th annual meeting last week in Atlanta, the A.B.A. did little to dispel that perception. Its principal act was to adopt a new code of ethics that, among other things, generally bars attorneys from disclosing prospective criminal conduct by their clients unless it is "likely to result in imminent death or substantial bodily harm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Serving the Membership | 8/15/1983 | See Source »

...code, which will serve as a model for states, has been in the works since the A.B.A. created a commission in 1977 to draft revised standards. The effort soon struck a reef of controversy over the confidentiality issue. The commission had recommended that attorneys be permitted to disclose certain contemplated illegal actions of clients, such as offering fraudulent stock or planning a bribe. The proposal was voted down at the association's midyear meeting last February. Reformers within the tradition-bound A.B.A. had to take half-a-loaf satisfaction from a compromise last week that would allow attorneys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Serving the Membership | 8/15/1983 | See Source »

What should have been a happy ending was only the beginning of a national controversy. By law, every South African citizen must be assigned to one of four racial categories: white, black, "colored" (mixed race), or Asian. According to the country's elaborate apartheid code, Lize should have been classified on the basis of her "appearance," along with "habits, education and speech in general." But while Lize's complexion was darkish, because she was an infant it was impossible to apply the standard criteria...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa: Hairline Call | 8/8/1983 | See Source »

...identities with present realities-sound like American women of ten years ago. The echoes from across the Pacific are recognizable, considering that until the 1860s Japan was a feudal patriarchy in which the harshness of women's inferior status was unrelieved by such Western niceties as the chivalric code. Until World War II women bowed to the authority of father, husband and son. Today, they bow for the same reasons that they take weekly lessons in wearing kimonos: out of attachment to cultural graces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sexes: Women: A Separate Sphere | 8/1/1983 | See Source »

...Among the values mentioned: freedom of religion, the right to form free trade unions, and "the freer and wider dissemination of printed matter"-a euphemistic reference to freedom of the press. Said President Reagan of the document: "Together with the Helsinki accords, this agreement sets forth a clear code of conduct...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diplomacy: Merciful End to a Marathon | 7/25/1983 | See Source »

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