Word: legalism
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...easy way out. On Tuesday morning, the Premier defiantly toured a vegetable and meat market in the country's northeast, a culinary gimmick that echoed his T.V. cooking-show appearances. Still, even if he is voted back to office by members of the ruling coalition, Samak still faces other legal hurdles. His party faces possible dissolution by the courts because of an electoral-fraud conviction of its former deputy. And a defamation suit against Samak, which could carry a jail sentence, is also working its way through the halls of justice, along with other corruption inquiries. Samak...
...legal and ethical woes played out on the region's front pages and television sets, Kilpatrick, 38, has steadfastly refused to leave office. In a broadcast apology last winter that left unclear exactly what he was apologizing for, the mayor issued a statement to city residents that walked the line between promise and threat. "I would never quit on you," he vowed. "Ever...
...cost to Detroit taxpayers for Kilpatrick's abuse of power has been high - over $10 million so far, including legal fees and an $8.4 million confidential settlement paid to whistle-blowers, including the former deputy police chief that Kilpatrick had fired for investigating his after-hours activities. The same sum could put several hundred new police officers on the streets of the country's most violent city. Or knock down more than a thousand of the abandoned buildings that dot Detroit's streets and breed crime. TIME called Kilpatrick one of the worst mayors in America...
...America." But just as the Internet has enabled illegal access to music and movies, so too has it opened the international book market - especially to the hands of college students. International textbooks are available on major bookselling websites including Amazon, eBay and Half.com. It's legal for students to buy them for personal use, but illegal for anyone to resell them outside of their intended country. "It's a copyright infringement not for the person buying but for the person selling," says Jane Ginsburg, a professor of literary and artistic law at Columbia Law School...
...stores in foreign countries. One copy of Organic Chemistry found on its site was being sold by the William Bookstore in New Delhi. AbeBooks includes a disclaimer on its textbook page, warning that selling an international edition in the United States or Canada may violate copyright law. However, "no legal precedent has been set," says AbeBooks spokesman Richard Davies. "Until we know otherwise we will continue to allow our booksellers to sell the books...