Word: lawness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tall, with striking good looks and undeniable stage presence and, in her judicial robes, appears as if she just walked off the set of L.A. Law. The procedures and laws she deals with may not be much different than what confronted her male predecessors, but the fact remains: her presence is remarkable...
Those who spend their days working in the Middlesex Courthouse say the female presence has challenged legal traditions in two ways: first, in the interpersonal relationships among litigants, lawyers and judges; and second, women may be having an effect on the law itself, both in the way cases are decided and how laws are implemented...
Under current law, when the Justice Department finds that state or local authorities are not effectively investigating or fairly handling a racially motivated crime it can take over the probe and try defendants in a federal court. This accords Blacks and other racial minority members some protection against local officials who may not be overly sympathetic to their rights...
...example," I say smartly, "many famous people went here. Six presidents, from the Adamses to the Roosevelts to Kennedy and Cleveland (law school counts), graduated from Harvard. Plenty of senators and members of congress are alumni. Even Fred Grandy spent time in Cambridge...
Some experts believe local governments should hike cash refunds to people who return disposable items. Said Nicholas Robinson, who teaches environmental law at Pace University School of Law: "If we could persuade legislatures to increase the recycling price for a bottle from, say, a nickel to maybe a quarter or 50 cents, then that bottle would be a very valuable commodity...