Word: law
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this bill becomes law, the very concept of equality of opportunity will no longer exist in practice. Although Senator Nunn claims that the bill will "promote upward mobility," it is hard to see how it will serve to do anything but freeze people's current positions in the social structure...
...political response of American society...has been a lot more sensitive and mature than people thought it was going to be," Frank said during a weekend-long conference entitled "Sexual Orientation and the Law: Implications for Legal Education...
...issue is how many years you can rent land. We need a law guaranteeing that no one will interfere...
Shinkaretsky's voice is a lonely one, since the consumer movement is just awakening in the Soviet Union. Besides a small group of activists in the capital, there are fledgling consumer groups in Leningrad and Kiev. A draft law was introduced in Moscow in February that would allow customers to exchange shoddy goods, but Shinkaretsky is not impressed. He wants to start a consumer journal and set up a council that tests cars, stereos and, particularly, television sets, a fire hazard because they have a tendency to explode...
...defense tactic, Milken's lawyers will probably attack Boesky's credibility because he received a reduced charge in return for his testimony. They could also challenge the constitutionality of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations law, the statute under which Milken has been charged. Some legal experts believe the law, originally designed to combat organized crime, gives prosecutors unfair leverage in white-collar-crime cases...