Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Government child-welfare agencies expressed relief over the decision. "A contrary ruling would have seriously affected programs and budgetary priorities," explained Benna Ruth Solomon of the State and Local Legal Center in Washington. For child advocates, the opinion was deeply troubling. Said James Weill of the Children's Defense Fund: "It's part of a line of decisions in which the court has indicated significant hostility to legal protections for children." Suits against agencies may still be filed in some state courts, but local laws often permit little or no recourse. In Joshua's case, a Wisconsin statute limits damages...
Equality means not only social acceptance of gay relationships, but also legal recognition, giving gay couples the same benefits as heterosexual couples regarding taxes and insurance...
...deanship in July, says that he will wait for input from faculty and the long-range planning committee before he decides what changes he will make in Harvard's Clinical Studies program, but his decision to review it has raised questions about the role public service programs play in legal education...
Although last week's appointment of the highly outspoken critic of Critical Legal Studies (CLS) has met with considerable opposition from much of the faculty, most of the students attending the reception yesterday said they anticipated that he would make a good dean...
...several students said they believed that Clark's controversial appointment will fail to heal the rift between the conservative and leftist faculty members. Clark has been an outspoken critic of Critical Legal Studies (CLS), a radical school of thought that characterizes the law as an instrument of social injustice...