Word: laws
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...operations by air, sea or land forces" of member nations to restore peace and security. Article 51 recognizes "the inherent right of individual or collective self-defense if an armed attack occurs against a member of the United Nations" before the Security Council has time to respond. Under international law, an embassy is considered part of the territory of the nation maintaining that embassy; thus the Iranian seizure of the embassy in Tehran could be considered an armed attack on the U.S. itself...
...found some solace in a dissenting statement by Alan M. Dershowitz, professor of Law and a member CLUM's advisory board...
...third-year law students filed suit Friday against the U.S. Army, charging that the use of taxpayers' money to pay chaplains in the armed forces is unconstitutional...
...think the law is in our favor," Katcoff said. "If we lose it will be for political reasons, because the chaplaincy has been around for so long...
...needed for concrete, as well as symbolic reasons. Current law fails to protect the rights of women to equal treatment. In this instance, the law suits involved fundamental questions of justice. In one case, a female college administrator was being paid less than her male counterpart. Another case challenged a school district's policy of forbidding the use of sick leave for pregnancy...