Word: legalism
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...Chinese residents in Italy jumped from 47,000 in 2001 to 112,000 in 2005. Claudio Morganti, who heads a local branch of the right-wing Northern League party, wrote on a blog: "The reality of Chinese immigration, with its apparently tranquil and quiet exterior and cover of legal business, hides a world of mafia, racketeering, prostitution and black markets...
Your story of American University law professor Angela Davis and the conduct of prosecutors was welcome [Aug. 6]. The problem also needs to be examined beyond the legal community. "Perp walks" of those charged are staged like motion-picture galas. State and local press, weaned on the daily flow of announcements and tips, are none too anxious to bite--by critical analysis of conduct or budget--the law-enforcement hands that feed them. Staged press conferences, featuring a speaking prosecutor and a background of stern-looking, silent officials and assistant prosecutors, have become ubiquitous. In terms...
Other experts say it's not that simple. Paul Maltseff, an intellectual property legal counsel for Intermec Inc., a technology company that did an independent review of Goggin's invention, says the device is "a phenomenon of interest," but that more research and development needs to be done on both sensors and the wireless switch before the technology is effective...
Though she said her organization has not taken an active stand against the war in Iraq, Catalano wrote that, “one need not accept the validity of war as a political option or the premises of the current war to appreciate the desperate need for strong legal and moral guidelines for warfare...
...Gaddafi rejects these accusations, insisting that negotiations over what he stresses was "the purely legal issue" of the Bulgarian case resulted from incessant Western pressure to "interfere and shift a legal issue to a political" arena. Still, he acknowledges that resolution of the issue opens the way for Libya gains on the diplomatic and business fronts. Meantime, Gaddafi says he'll continue working on liberalizing and democratizing the dictatorship built by his father since 1969 - a notion scoffed at by human rights organizations. Responding to doubts that the regime could reform to the point of releasing its iron grip...