Word: legalization
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...also wonders whether the bill would be compatible with the Belgian constitution and the European Convention on Human Rights. Indeed, legal concerns led France's Council of State to warn this week that a similar proposal working its way through France's legislative system could be unconstitutional. French politicians are still mulling their options. The leader of Sarkozy's Union for a Popular Movement party has said that while he respects the council's conclusions, the parliament is not bound by them. (Read an argument against the veil by Azadeh Moaveni...
With new courses on global legal systems and international law, students are now focusing on areas that “just weren’t important in 1890,” according to Law School professor Joseph W. Singer, who also helped design and teach the problem-solving course...
Taught as a pilot to 2Ls and 3Ls last year, the course required students to come up with creative solutions to complex legal scenarios as well as practice interviewing or developing options for a client or negotiating and drafting contracts, Singer said...
...We’re not focusing on a particular legal issue, but rather how to help clients think through what their goals are and how to find a solution that works for everyone,” Singer said...
Though first-year students appreciated the change of pace and new approach to tackling legal issues, they questioned whether such problem-based learning could be expanded to upper-level courses...