Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...offered discounted shares of its stock to the well-placed investors in 1984, two years before the company went public. The stock's price soared as soon as it went on the market, enabling the early investors to reap large profits. Under Japanese law the practice was technically legal, yet the deals struck many Japanese as highly unethical...
...words, he portrays himself as part of the once dominant bipartisan consensus that favored asserting American influence through alliances, treaty organizations, economic partnerships and the United Nations, and in accordance with international law. His world view reflects his background as a lawyer who has a reformer's faith in legal and governmental processes...
That was only one of many Lipsig victories to result in new legal responsibilities for institutions, employers, manufacturers and municipalities. In a 1958 case involving Arnold Schuster, who was murdered after he had helped track down the celebrated bank robber Willie Sutton, Lipsig won a landmark ruling from the New York State Court of Appeals, the state's highest court. It opened up police to liability if they fail to provide reasonable protection for a person who assists a criminal apprehension or prosecution. Schuster's police protection had been withdrawn despite his pleas to have it continued...
...vice president, who said he was delivering "the free world's case," called the destruction of the airliner a "terrible human tragedy" but said the United States has a "legal right" to protect Persian Gulf shipping lanes...
Without admitting legal liability for the loss of 290 lives when Iran Air Flight 655 was downed July 3, Reagan said the payments should be made on behalf of "the innocent people who were the victims...