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...Instead of "knowing" the difference between right and wrong, the defendant is now subject to the subtler requirement of "appreciating" it. Similarly, proving the act a "product" of the disease now becomes the more reasonable task of showing that the disease resulted in a loss of "substantial capacity" to obey the law. "We do not delude ourselves in the belief that the American Law Institute test is perfect," concluded Kaufman. But "the impossibility of guaranteeing that a new rule will always be infallible cannot justify continued adherence to an outmoded standard...
...countermove, Fulton County, which includes Atlanta, filed a suit of its own in Georgia superior court, requesting that the Braves be enjoined to fulfill their contracts in Atlanta. In December, the Georgia court issued a temporary injunction, and since the league has told the Braves to obey, there is little doubt that the injunction will become permanent next week when a final order...
Last week Baltimore's Lawrence Cardinal Shehan invoked another ecclesiastical weapon - the canonical rule of incardination, which binds priests to obey and serve the bishop of the diocese to which they are attached. He used it to curb another kind of forthright priest, Father Gommar De Pauw, founder of the Catholic Traditionalist Movement...
...work. The extremist is organized. When he calls a strike, and a moderate worker disobeys him, the worker is often beaten up. This can occur when the worker returns from work, or on his way to work, or even in his home. After such treatment, he soon learns to obey the extremist...
Pope Paul VI took the floor of St. Peter's to promulgate two decrees: one on revelation (TIME, Nov. 5), which redefines the relationship between Scripture and tradition; another on the laity, which promotes laymen from the classical "pray, pay and obey" position to a role of Christian witness with less supervision from the clergy. Paul also announced that he will start proceedings for the beatification of Popes Pius XII and John XXIII, which could lead to canonizing them as saints...