But critics say law clinics are costly, unaccountable and often counterproductive to states' interests, especially as they have broadened the scope of their work.
Even by that standard, the extreme toughness of American laws, especially the ever broader classes of "criminals" affected by them, seems increasingly counterproductive.Many states have mandatory minimum sentences, which remove judges' discretion to show mercy, even when the circumstances of a case cry out for it.
It holds either that all states lack the competence to promote the good or that all (or perhaps most) goods are such that it would be counterproductive for the state directly to promote them.
It is perhaps not too much to hope that the lessons it sets out and the predictions it makes as to the unfolding impacts of present policies, whether in Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia or western China, will reach the attention of policymakers and have some effect in moderating the most counterproductive and destructive state and international agency policies and practices.
The one-size-fits-all approach became increasingly counterproductive as the state's diversity exploded in the 1980s.
For the moment, then, the organization is a vital part of the family-planning ecosystem, and simply deleting it as an option would be both devastating to patients and counterproductive to opponents' stated goals.
Trump's proposed ban on Muslims entering this country would be both "counterproductive" and "dangerous," Clinton stated.
"It can be counterproductive to have multiple states addressing the same issue, especially with online privacy, which can be national or an international issue," said Michael D. Hintze, chief privacy counsel at Microsoft, who added that at times it can create "burdensome compliance".
The same report criticized the actions of the involved commanding officers as being counterproductive to military goals, stating that "The highly kinetic approach favored by TF Rock...rapidly and inevitably degraded the relationships between the U.S. Army and the Waigal population".
