41. With strong support from most other political parties, Muslim leaders have strongly opposed any change in the separate legal code. 42. Working groups have drawn up legal codes to protect foreign investors that could be put in place as soon as Israeli and Palestinian authorities give their approval. 43. Wynne said some American Indian tribes have held back economic development by simply not having a workable legal code for their reservations. 44. A revised legal code that eliminates bigamy as a crime has set off a furor in Colombia. 45. Also Thursday, U.S. and South Korean negotiators canceled a meeting to discuss revisions of a legal code governing the conduct of American soldiers in South Korea. 46. Asked by the judge where he got his ideas, Amir said he drew on the Halacha - the Jewish legal code. 47. But the legislature is sharply divided, with some lawmakers arguing the law should stay until North Korea reforms its own totalitarian legal codes. 48. China has promised Hong Kong it will be able to keep its legal code, customs system and rights of private ownership. 49. Compounding the business risk in communist nations are curbs on property ownership and the lack of a Western-style legal code. 50. District Judge Tan Choon could have jailed Tan for up to a year under a tough legal code that is rigidly enforced for even minor infractions. |