Word: law
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...unusual punishments" does not forbid the execution of youths who commit crimes at 16 or 17 years of age, nor does it automatically prohibit death sentences for the retarded. "By executing the retarded and people who aren't old enough to vote or serve in & the Army," said Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz, "we're doing something barbarous: executing the least culpable people on death...
During the '50s and '60s, bigots knew they could lynch a Black man because the Southern legal system was completely sympathetic to white supremacist claims. Today, the anti-choice activists know that the law is on their side. What limits will they set for themselves...
...perceived as a liberal and, as dean of the Law School, had reportedly advised Pusey to take a moderate course in his dealings with the protesters...
Under the University's charter, all of its resources are technically owned by the Corporation, a.k.a. the President and Fellows of Harvard College. Drawn from academia, the law and business, the seven members of the Corporation run Harvard. And when one dies or steps down, the remaining six get together to choose a new chum to sit on the board...
...were Robin Hood, then Vice President and General Counsel Daniel Steiner '54 would be Little John. Of course, Bok does not go around robbing rich people (unless you count fund-raising), and Steiner is more likely to stun opponents with a deft thrust of the law than the blow of a quarter staff...