legal reform
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflegalandreform
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legal
adjective
uk/ˈliː.ɡəl/us/ˈliː.ɡəl/
connected with ...
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reform
noun[C or U]
uk/rɪˈfɔːm/us/rɪˈfɔːrm/
an improvement, especially in a person's behaviour or in the structure ...
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(Definition oflegalandreformfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Butlegalreformbefore the millenium seems in view.
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They failed to see that a war economy is not conducive to enduringlegalreform.
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For both men judicial andlegalreformconstituted a core element of their radicalism.
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The 1912legalreformwas the final nail in the coffin.
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Their concern with larger issues oflegalreformis usually an outgrowth of these more service-oriented activities.
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The field of possiblelegalreformis large.
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Though limited in securing change, the flow of information about government activities increased, civil service associations expanded, and limitedlegalreformwas introduced.
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They address current laws and court cases, efforts of women's professional associations to encourage women to own businesses, and strategies forlegalreform.
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Most chapters are devoted to an analysis oflegalreformas par t of state transformation from the 1970s to unification in 1990.
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The right for non-victims to challenge an environmental ill in court was established during thelegalreformera in the 1970s.
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Legalreform, which simplified the process whereby labourers could be taken to court during the 1860s, had little impact on this situation.
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So debates about old and new taxes,legalreform, and constitution-making did not arise from nowhere as a whim of the chattering classes.
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Of course, it will belegalreformin a sense, but it will belegalreforminstituted for political reasons, and against a political background.
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I think that that is true throughout the history oflegalreformin this country.
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The committee went on to proposelegalreformagainst physical punishment.
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After 700 years we are, in today's debate, standing at the crossroads oflegalreform.
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Surely we must have a debate onlegalreformand legal aid before the recess.
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When can we expect some of the dynamiclegalreformwhich was promised before the election?
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We are not attempting to deal with the whole scope oflegalreform.
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He is a considerable authority on the subject oflegalreformand legal aid.
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I see this matter in a wider context of both social andlegalreform.
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Or that it takes a substantial measure of interest inlegalreform.
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Yet the fin-de-siecle did see one important novelty in the emergence of a large-scale organized feminist movement, not only compaigning forlegalreformbut also demanding the vote.
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Amazingly enough, the same cannot be said of other areas, such as administrative reform and above alllegalreform.
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