Word: legalism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...really crowd-sourcing our music," says Imeem founder Dalton Caldwell, which is arguably a more democratic way to make the most popular tunes available first. Before songs can be shared on Imeem, the site checks the digital fingerprint of each track to make sure it has the legal right to distribute it. If not, members can only hear a 30-second clip...
Docs are routinely called in to adjudicate these matters - to tell the patient that he or she is cured and has to go back to work - when companies want their employees back. But the sad truth is that within our medico-legal system, any doc would be a fool, and a soon-to-be bankrupt fool, if he thinks he can force a patient to return to work against his will...
...first openly gay professor at Harvard.The weekend was centered around a series of events and panels, including morning prayers with FAS and Kennedy School lecturer Timothy P. McCarthy ’93, a speech by University President Drew G. Faust, and a legal panel with gay rights advocates like law professors Laurence H. Tribe ’62 and William B. Rubenstein.Evenings featured film screenings, a “Gaydalus” afterparty at Daedalus, and cocktail receptions.These social gatherings brought together several generations of alumni, lending a range of perspectives on gay life at Harvard over the years...
...that it’s an individual liberty to enjoy activities that impose no harm on anyone else,” said Harvard Law School professor Charles R. Nesson ’60, who in the past has admitted that he often smokes marijuana before classes. “Legally, I think it’s a very good idea [to] moderate the Draconian application of drug laws.” Earlier this year, Nesson mounted a legal challenge to Massachusetts’ drug laws, arguing that criminalizing marijuana has no “rational basis.” Economics...
...McCain campaign vehemently denies that Davis was doing any kind of negotiating. "It is not a legal problem for Sen. McCain to ask campaign aides for advice or to go to the Hill... Rick was there, he was not negotiating. He was there gathering information." The aide added that all decisions remain with McCain and his senate staff. "Our counsel blessed him going to the hill." The campaign also pointed out that Obama's campaign spokesperson Robert Gibbs was giving statements to reporters at the Capitol Thursday, though there is no evidence that Gibbs or any other top-level Obama...