| A commitment to legalism can never substitute for a commitment to the ideals law distortedly symbolizes. |
| Its political culture, once fiercely democratic, is being eroded by a manipulated, bureaucratic legalism that identifies dissent as disloyalty. |
| These concerns for purity should not be understood as pettifogging legalism. |
| They are brutal and remorseless killers, undeserving of the legalism of international conventions, the U.S. government argues. |
| Less often considered is whether this ascendant legalism is good or bad for global prosperity and stability. |
| The resort to legalism has contributed to the present crisis. |
