Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...When Europeans came to America, there werealready people existing in legal bodies," shesaid. "So the process of land acquisition was oneof bargaining and treaties. This gives tribes apolitical and legal status...
...Loyal Servant: Vice President and General Counsel Daniel Steiner '54 takes his loyalty to Harvard seriously. Very seriously. So while University administrators nationwide have complained that a massive federal antitrust probe is costing them thousands of dollars in legal fees, Steiner said he would gladly bear the brunt of that cost himself. "The legal costs come out of my budget, so my family won't be eating for a while," Steiner said with a laugh. "But that's all right. Anything for Harvard...
...schools complained that the investigation's scope was too broad, and asked the Justice Department to either pare down its requests or extend the deadlines for compiling the records. The department did a little bit of both, but it was still too much for the in-house legal staffs at most of the schools...
Although Steiner says he's made no long-range estimates of how much the investigation will cost the University in terms of legal fees, he says it's expected to last for several years and will place a serious burden on Harvard's legal budget...
...legal fees will mount up," he says. "This is true for Harvard, and it is true for every other institution involved...