| A commitment to legalism can never substitute for a commitment to the ideals law distortedly symbolizes. |
| And none of these ancient writers has seemed to me to lead to any sort of legalism. |
| As in many things, we must walk that line between legalism or pietism on the one hand and licentiousness on the other. |
| They are brutal and remorseless killers, undeserving of the legalism of international conventions, the U.S. government argues. |
| These concerns for purity should not be understood as pettifogging legalism. |
| Less often considered is whether this ascendant legalism is good or bad for global prosperity and stability. |
