Word: legalism
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...Board’s purpose, as described in its annual ”Guide for Students,” is to foster the educational and personal development of undergraduates. While the board does administer punitive decisions, many of its members are quick to distinguish it from the legal system—citing the educational value of students coming before the board to learn about the consequences of their actions...
...President, such as the innocuous Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul, whom secularists view with less trepidation than Gul. The military could have stayed out of politics. And the secularist opposition could have refrained from trying to short-circuit the democratic process with the help of a dubious, last-minute legal gambit...
...also a Crimson editor, had virtually no choice but to comply, and students have no choice but to use my.harvard once again. Access to course Web sites is crucial for the success of CrimsonConnect.com, and one of the few reasons besides registration that students still use my.harvard. Legal experts have disputed whether Harvard has copyright claim over password-protected web sites and can even force Hadfield to remove this outstanding feature. But issues of copyright aside, the administration’s approach is wrongheaded, and clearly not in the best interests of students. My.harvard—which Harvard somehow...
...went to court to resist a [Department of Justice] subpoena for millions of search queries on the grounds that it was excessive and invaded our users’ privacy.” “The judge ultimately ruled in Google’s favor, establishing an important legal precedent for protecting user privacy,” she said. But Mayer-Schoenberger said that search engines could sell personally identifiable information to outside organizations, such as the government, businesses, or even health insurance providers. He proposed a hypothetical case where a health insurance company might raise a premium...
...differed on almost everything else: Sarko wants to encourage home ownership by deducting mortgage payments; Sego stresses the backlog in social housing. Sarko proposes a legal right to childcare; Sego says the idea of going to court to get a spot in a daycare center is absurd since courts are already overworked. Sarko resolutely opposes Turkish membership in the European Union; Sego says that France doesn't yet have to decide - and neither does she. Sarko wants to keep the basic institutions of France as they are; Sego wants to launch a 6th Republic with a stronger parliament...