Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...manslaughter after a urine test, required by the Government of railroad employees involved in serious accidents, revealed traces of marijuana. The tragedy fueled public support for the Government's expanding program to test employees for drugs. But the proliferation of testing among both public and private workers has spawned legal challenges from civil libertarians and labor leaders who see the antidrug campaign as a dangerous invasion of privacy...
Lawyers for battered women continue to champion orders of protection as important signals to the outside world that a woman is serious about changing her life. Orders can also provide useful evidence for custody battles or other legal encounters. But until would-be violators know that the criminal-justice system will treat them as seriously as other criminals, court orders cannot provide the one thing that battered women need most: safety...
...Curtain, and much of his appreciation for such tribulations comes from his personal experience. Trains with no heat. Telephones often on the blink. Sources too scared of eavesdroppers to talk except in person -- and in private. Even getting into some countries can be a trial. After presenting his perfectly legal visa to the passport officer on entering Rumania, Banta was taken to the departure lounge for the next flight out. But the kindly officer did give Banta enough Rumanian lei to call the U.S. embassy to protest...
Though there is only about a 15% chance that an implanted egg will result in childbirth, in-vitro techniques have been responsible for more than 5,000 births in the U.S. since 1978. The Davis case is the first battle for possession of the eggs. Legal experts have been warning that couples who enter fertility programs should draw up agreements dictating the fate of such eggs should there be a death or divorce. Says Ellen Wright Clayton, assistant professor of law and pediatrics at Vanderbilt University: "Fertilized eggs are going to give rise to a whole new set of legal...
...brutal wife killing in Indiana shocks a community and raises questions about the limited reach of the American legal system's protective arms...