Word: laws
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Many East Germans, including oppositionleaders, reacted cooly to the draft law...
Although the new law would allow travel abroad,East Germans pointed out it retains old provisionsgiving authorities the right to refuse passportsfor vague reasons...
...unexpected decision to let the refugees outthrough Czechoslovakia created the first directroute to the West since the Berlin Wall was builtin August 1961. Authorities have said the routewill remain open until the travel law takeseffect...
...within Israel proper has up to now provided a measure of relief for those who are troubled by the intifada and Israel's response to it. It seems that the government has not allowed its abuses in the turbulent territories to spill over into the rest of Israel. Israeli law applies as it always has within the state itself, and it is possible to see Israel--as it is frequently described--as a "western-style democracy...
...South African law and the proposed Israeli legislation both rely on such vague language. Both grant sweeping powers to the police, and strictly limit court supervision. Both allow search and seizure of property without warrants. And both bypass important elements of due process-in South Africa, suspects are required to give oral evidence with out a lawyer's assistance, while in Israel the normal rules of evidence would be bypassed...