Word: legalism
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...states should protect their own order, and all their citizens, by insisting upon a super-majority threshhold when amendments are at hand. While this may be understood as a limitation placed on individual will, such a barrier would ultimately protect a state’s entire population from reckless legal dynamism...
Harvard Law School professor Cass R. Sunstein ’75 entertained a large crowd of listeners at the First Parish Church last night, who came to hear the legal superstar discuss his best-selling book “Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness...
...When I found out that Professor Sunstein was coming to Harvard last spring, I wrote and invited him to talk. I had read about ‘Nudge’ and I had known his legal writings for years,” Suhrcke said...
...future holds for the arts at Harvard. Some are optimistic that the present Task Force will advance the institutionalization of the arts initiated by the 1954 committee. From publications like the Harvard Advocate to musical groups such as the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra, many artistic student organizations still remain separate legal entities from the College.Davone J. Tines ’09, president of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra, compared his responsibilities as president to those faced by the president of a small corporation, a very different experience from being the president of the Yale orchestra, which is built into the music department...
...dreamers came through. They appointed Sifuentes faculty advisor and Hiatt brew master. David A. Seley, the manager of Adams House dining hall, agreed to advise students on keeping the brew bacteria free. Sharon L. Howell, the Resident Dean, checked that no brewer could be ad-boarded for the hobby. (Legal note: even those under 21 can make beer. The trouble comes with possessing it.) The Diaspora Kitchen in H-entryway was secured for Friday brewing sessions...