Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cases are very different. When America froze Iran's assets, it was a big country taking an illegal action. The problem of the hostages is related to individuals, who might be friendly to Iran but who, from a legal point of view, are not responsible as a country. The hostages were not kidnaped by Iran. They were kidnaped by organizations in Lebanon that may not have any relationship to Iran...
Reunions are not for everyone. Some birth mothers would slam the door if their relinquished baby came knocking. In fact, the search process is the focus of a great debate in adoption circles. Critics contend that it breaks legal contracts, that confidentiality should be the cornerstone of adoption. Says a woman who gave up a child 28 years ago: "The mere thought of being found by this baby is so upsetting. I made a new life for myself, and it doesn't include...
There is all the difference in the world between having a baby . . . and getting a baby. So much has changed in U.S. society in the past generation -- legal abortion, the growing acceptance of single motherhood, new concerns about infertility -- that people looking to become parents face a most intricate enterprise. Possessing a scarce resource, birth mothers can often dictate their terms; operating in a crowded marketplace, adoptive parents must be ingenious and relentless in their search and accommodating in their negotiations. As middlemen, the old-fashioned agencies must now compete with newfangled lawyers and adoption consultants. Sometimes, as with Nicole...
...white American infants and been endlessly wait-listed or rejected by the agencies, the other choice is to go private. At the hub of so-called independent adoptions, meaning placements outside the agencies, are the ranks of lawyers, who usually charge from $1,500 to $4,000 for their legal work. They typically steer couples through a tangle of laws that vary wildly from state to state...
...original amendment was also attacked asbeing unconstitutional Members of the StudentPress Law Association, a Washington legal firmthat advises student newspapers, lobbied severalsenators this week to change the amendment, saidthe firm's executive director, Mark Goodman...