Word: law
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...LAW SCHOOL Dean Derek C. Bok was walking past University Hall on the day of the occupation, a student remarked to him that he must be glad that the disturbance was in the Yard and not in the Law School across the Mall. Bok replied, "Oh, I think everyone will get his turn...
...Besides the five Standing Committee members, 16 ordinary members were named-and nine were from the military. Among other Politburocrats were Chiang Ching and Yeh Chun, the wives of Mao and Lin, five holdovers from the previous Politburo, and Yao Wenyuan, rumored to be Mao's son-in-law...
...contemporary business and financial practices on the part of rural Moslems. Often picking up their misconceptions from local ulamas, or wise men, these villagers, among other things, refuse to buy life insurance on the ground that it is literally a guarantee against death, and therefore against God's law...
Nowadays, that will is not always easy to determine. What attitude, for example, should Islam take toward organ transplants? Although tradition forbids the desecration of the Moslem dead, the Kuala Lumpur conference decided that, since Islamic law also holds that life must be preserved if at all possible, human transplants are a legitimate life-saving tool. The meeting dealt similarly with a rather improbable dilemma involving dietary law. Lost in the desert and near starvation, a devout Moslem is suddenly confronted by two bits of unexpected sustenance: a stray piece of pork and some nonforbidden food in the hands...
...some ways the conference was a milestone in Islamic history. Although their decisions do not have the weight of religious law, the delegates hoped that the discussions would persuade traditionalists to re-examine their faith in the light of the 20th century. For the first time in centuries, representatives of the two major Moslem sects - the Shiite and Sunnite - held a formal dialogue on their doctrine. To their surprise, they found themselves more in accord than apart. One immediate byproduct of this harmony was a resolution to meet again and form an international Islamic research center...