Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...letter from the Law School Faculty members called Hoffman's actions "an outrage." "Judge Hoffman's conduct can only serve to weaken a basic American principle: the right of even the most unpopular defendant to adequate legal representation before an impartial judge," the letter stated...
Yesterday, the University's legal counsel-the Boston firm of Ropes and Gray-went with the Center personnel to the police station. The firm's presence, according to a Harvard dean, was part...
Because the money is in Abram's name and he made the promise he could be personally liable to legal prosecution if a board editorial does not appear...
Besides saying that it would accept complaints from any member of the University, the committee offered no further details on the discipline procedure. The committee's chairman, James Q. Wilson. professor of Government, said that some tentative procedures had been suggested. but that the committee was looking for further legal advice before deciding on a system...
...procedures probably will be considerably simpler than the many-stage hearing process used for last April's demonstrators. Wilson said that there will be "much less emphasis on legal formalities...