Sentence examples for legal shift from inspiring English sources

But whether the legal shift will prompt a cultural one is another question.

The legal shift is a pillar of the Bush administration's effort to channel more government money to religious social service programs.

But beyond the legal shift, a strategic change has been building for years, driven by a two-pronged squeeze on companies.

In medieval Europe, this legal shift towards persecution was supported by a false public rhetoric created by political elites rather than the populace.

"I would be extremely surprised," he said, to see such an enormous legal shift, especially over a bill that focused on spending as opposed to broader issues.

Michael Allen, a professor of constitutional and veterans law at Stetson University College of Law in Florida, called the case part of a "cultural legal shift" in which the expansion of same-sex marriage to more states — most recently New York — and the end of the military's ban on openly gay, lesbian and bisexual troops have opened the door to challenges against federal rules on marriage.

But public attitudes have not entirely kept pace with those legal shifts.

As for the many legal shifts on the regulations, he said, "This is all unraveling hour by hour".

Legal shifts, especially in constitutional rights, often develop in the Supreme Court at a glacial pace, the magnitude of change perceptible only in hindsight.

By the time Mr. Lerach joined Milberg, Weiss, the firm had been at the forefront of legal shifts that made shareholder class actions more potent.

With a threat as titianic as that posed by Zika, reproductive rights' advocates hope the disease may lead to legal shifts in a region where abortion is often a taboo issue.