A constitutional siesta; court focuses on statutory interpretation and common law

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The 1997-98 term of the US Supreme Court saw new protections for victims of disabling medical conditions as well as those of workplace harassment, but it made suits by other victims more difficult. The relative quiet of this term came at a time some legislators were complaining of judicial activism and was as contrast to the 1996-97 one, when the Court struck down laws protecting religious liberty, barring indecency on the Internet, and requiring state background checks of gun buyers. Supreme Court scholars had few new constitutional law decisions to explore.

United States. Supreme Court, 1998 AD

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A psychological payoff in O.J. case; families of murder victims may seek closure rather than money in civil suits

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Families of murder victims who bring civil suits may be more interested in psychological than in monetary benefits. Their attorneys report that the suits give the families a sense of closure and the satisfaction that the criminals will not be able to profit from their deeds. Few violent crime victims have used the Son of San laws, probably because most criminals cannot sell their stories.

Psychological aspects, Cases, Remedies, Victims of crimes, Crime victims, Damages, Damages (Law), Wrongful death, Mental distress (Law), states

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Snapshot of progress; women steadily gaining ground in association leadership, commission report reveals

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A report of the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession that women attorneys now occupy 23.2% of the House of Delegates, an 11% increase from a decade ago, and 18.9% of the Board of Governors, a 12.1% increase from 1990, is discussed. Since 1987, 37% of law school graduates have been women.

United States, Officials and employees, Reports, Employment, Bar associations, Women attorneys, Women lawyers, A.B.A. Commission on Women in the Profession

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