Word: legalism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
WHILE "cruelty" is one of those legal concepts difficult to define, clear and extreme cases are generally agreed upon and covered by current laws. But many animal "rights" decisions are subjective, requiring personal ethical choices. Will the time come when the production of animals for meat is considered "cruel" and punished by the state? Who will determine the real meaning of the strictures put forth in Question 3? Luckily, this proposal has a clear answer...
...five members of this board would be nominated by animal welfare organizations, thus assuring them a role as the arbiters of morality. Even more pernicious, the proposal contains a "citizen suits" clause that allows for and encourages "citizens" (read: animal activists) to barrage the state and the legal system with lawsuits on behalf of animals they feel are maltreated...
President Bok and other administrators are now meeting round the clock with legal experts to determine how successful an appeal to the five-member NLRB would...
Judge Joel A. Harmatz handed down his decisionon the validity of the union election last weekafter reviewing records from eight days ofhearings and thousands of pages of legal briefsfrom HUCTW and Harvard. The University had chargedthe union with illegal election day tactics whichit claimed may have effected the outcome of theclose vote...
...Limited partnerships] are a legal form ofinvestment in which certain rights of the limitedpartner and the general partner are discussed andagreed upon beforehand and which usually lastabout 10 years," Cabot said. He said Harvardinvestigates the previous actions of generalpartners before investing in arrangements withthem but cannot rule on the firms' actions oncethey are involved in a long-term contract...