Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Critic Edward Wilson's latest book, which has aroused legal furors in three states, with cases pending in several others, is not in the regular stacks of the library but is locked instead in a special case, once euphemistically referred to by library workers as "the Interne...
...states have brought suit against the publishers of "Memoirs of Hecate Country" in an effort to ban its sale within their borders. In California the book was withdrawn from sale after the state's legal action, while in New York the case is presently being appealed before the Supreme Court. It was never put on sale in Boston and surrounding environs because of existing "blue laws" and the vigilance of the Watch and Warders...
Weaknesses of our bureaucratic system are to be found in its underpaid personnel, and not in any inherent legal imperfections, James M. Landis, former Dean of the Law School and present Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board, said last night-in the season's sixth Law School Forum at Sanders Theatre...
Landis was opposed in the discussion of the subject, "Bureaucracy and the Legal Order," by Robert M. Benjamin '17, noted New York attorney. Benjamin stressed that judicial practices have developed forms that are helpful to the administrative tribunals of today. "Fair procedure, which enlists cooperation, is an essential part of effective government," he said...
...addition to the scheduled evening Forum, where he will join with Robert M. Benjamin '17, noted administrative attorney, in a discussion of the topic "Bureaucracy and the Legal Order," Landis will speak in Langdell Court at 4 o'clock on "Critical Issues in Aviation Policy...