Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...found responsible for his wife's death, the Browns are not assured of winning custody. Professor Elizabeth Bartholet of Harvard Law School points out that there have been cases in which people accused or even convicted of killing a spouse have been awarded custody of their surviving children. "Typically, legal standards require a finding of extreme unfitness," she says. "Unfortunately, it's not clear under this law that a finding that O.J. Simpson killed Nicole establishes unfitness...
...hasn't done so as yet. Sydney in particular seems to be having emotional problems, and the custody court earlier this month ordered her to be examined by a psychiatrist, TIME has learned. On at least one occasion, the girl refused. Even without the media glare, this latest legal wrangle in the Simpson saga will undoubtedly exact a further psychic toll...
...Bijur also agrees to a specific plan to increase minority ownership of service stations and do more business with minority-owned companies. Texaco's record so far does not inspire great faith--and some questions still need to be answered. Why did it take more than two years of legal action by six aggrieved black employees, the leak of an embarrassing tape recording and the threat of a boycott to get Texaco to live up to the fine-sounding promises in its glossy equal-opportunity brochures? Why was it so hard for black Texaco employees to be taken seriously when...
Texaco's shareholders, though, deserve to share the blame with corporate managers for the poisonous atmosphere at the company. Even before the appalling transcripts surfaced, Texaco's history of discrimination was not exactly a secret. The company has forked out millions in legal fees to defend itself in a series of well-publicized cases brought by minorities and women. In 1991, for example, a California jury awarded $17.6 million in compensatory and punitive damages to Janella Sue Martin, who sued after Texaco denied her a promotion and gave the job to a man. The trial judge set aside the verdict...
Summers still points out that he has "emotional if not legal ties to Harvard University...