Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...next day Stripling telephoned Chambers to come to the committee's Washington office; on arrival he was served with a subpoena which directed him to turn over all forms of documents and evidence in his possession. Chambers looked at the legal form; then, matter-of-factly, he admitted that he had more evidence, and promised to turn it over...
...sued. It is not altruism on his part. He cannot afford to lose many suits and stay in business. "But when someone shows me I'm wrong," he says, "I retract in a hurry." If he is sure he is right, he stands pat against threats and legal action...
...Lack of Legal Tradition...
Many features of Soviet law are due to the poverty of the Russian legal tradition, Berman said in his first lecture. However, he added it is now attempting to give legal expression to positive elements in the Russian tradition, which, before the Revolution, were extra-legal in character...
...Harvard Legal Aid Bureau announced yesterday a new set of officers headed by Donald C. Lubick 3L as president. The Bureau furnishes legal assistance to residents of Cambridge and Greater Boston who cannot afford to retain an attorney...