Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...code, which carries no penalties, was written by the Newspaper Publishers Association, a group that includes both tabloids and the so-called qualities, like the Times and the Guardian. It was formulated, admits Arthur Davidson, legal director of Associated Newspapers, because of a belief that "legislation of some sort would come about." The British press, which lacks the protection of a constitutional right to free expression, is already being constrained by a law, passed in May, that sharply restricts what it can print on national-security matters. And a government-appointed group is to report next year on what additional...
...decision to leave law is becoming a more common one, especially in urban firms. "Compared with five years ago, there are a significantly greater number of lawyers today who are not practicing law for a living," says Ward Bower, a partner at the legal consulting firm Altman & Weil in Ardmore, Pa. Experts estimate that nearly 40,000 lawyers a year are leaving the profession, almost as many people as are entering law school annually. A Maryland State Bar Association survey last December found that 35% of the lawyers who responded were not sure they wished to continue practicing...
...Susan Bell, editor of Full Disclosure: Do You Really Want to Be a Lawyer? (Peterson's Guides; $11.95). "Practice is not L.A. Law. For all of the financial rewards, the toll is tremendous." Deborah Arron, author of Running from the Law: Why Good Lawyers Are Getting Out of the Legal Profession (Niche Press; $12.95), agrees. Says she: "Law has become all consuming...
...Legal expatriates often find their training helpful in consulting, banking, accounting and many other fields. Attorney Donald Carano and a partner acquired eight vineyards in Sonoma County, Calif., in 1985. Says Carano, now the general manager of the Ferrari-Carano Winery: "Law provides the grounds for a natural evolution to business...
This week the family will direct its plea to the U.S. Supreme Court, and for the first time draw the nation's highest court into the murky legal and ethical seas that surround the notion of a right to die. What the Justices decide will directly affect Cruzan. It will also set some legal boundaries for addressing the plight of the 10,000 other people in the U.S. lingering in a persistent vegetative state. Ultimately, the ruling could have an impact on the 7 out of 10 Americans who can someday expect to confront questions of life-sustaining medical care...