Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...young, attractive Southern lawyer trying to beat the system. A stunningly beautiful victim turned love interest. A brash villain with dozens of paranoia-fueling spies. Sound familiar? It is the John Grisham recipe for success. Over the past decade, Grisham has shamelessly repackaged and regurgitated the formulaic legal thriller eight times under slightly different veils...
...save the abused Danes is imbued with vicious reality. Scenes where Danes' husband confronts her with a baseball bat completely betray the light-hearted mood--and, in fact, underscore the inadequacy of the main storyline. Indeed, when the movie drops this subplot abruptly in order to focus on the legal battle, the film grinds to a screeching halt...
...Although she?s unlikely to face any legal punishment, ANC leaders appear to be once again considering banishing her to the political wilderness. That, of course, would revive their ten-year-old dilemma of whether she is more dangerous to them outside than inside...
...decision was not unexpected: To uphold the emergency appeal ? and send Woodward back to jail for killing baby Matthew Eappen ? the prosecution would have had to display a reason why this cannot go through the normal appeals process. Most legal experts couldn?t see one, and the judge seemed to concur. Even in a high profile case such as this, the wheels of justice spin slowly...
...alcohol policy, instituted in 1989, limits the amount of alcohol that a student of legal drinking age may bring into living areas...