Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Most lawyers don't lead very exciting lives. They may get to file a couple of briefs one day, maybe interview a client the next. Sometimes they do a little legal research, while other days they interview prospective associates or a paralegal...
...Eddie Dodd. He doesn't issue subpoenas--instead, he chases his witnesses through factories and ware-houses. His idea of legal research is sneaking into the police station at night to look through classified files. He gets beat up one night on the streets of New York, and then the next day wanders unarmed into the headquarters of the Aryan Army to discover...
Last May, East Cambridge resident Debra McManus looked out in her backyard and saw workers preparing to build a 1530-car garage only nine feet from her property. When McManus and other residents started looking for ways to stop the project, they uncovered a legal nightmare...
Wolf says one major issue raised by the Binney St. garage is the city's lack of independent legal advice. Only two of the nine councillors are lawyers, and the city's only resource on matters of law is its solictor--who worked for Healy...
...uses the city solicitor's opinions--which are the furthest thing from legal opinions--to his advantage," says William Cavellini, a leader in the 16-years fight against MIT's University Park development. "It's all decided before the council meeting starts...