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Article: Nader, Ralph
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- West's Encyclopedia of American Law
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NADER, RALPH
Considered the father of the consumer protection movement, Ralph Nader has had a great effect on U.S. law and public policy of the late twentieth century. Nader's advocacy on behalf of consumers and workers hastened into reality many features of the contemporary political landscape. The work of this lawyer and irrepressible gadfly of the powers that be, which began in the mid-1960s, has led to the passage of numerous consumer-protection laws in such areas as automobiles, mining, insurance, gas pipelines, and meatpacking, as well as the creation of government agencies such as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Occupational Safety and Health ...
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Article: Social justice key to Law, Nader says at Harvard lecture
University Wire;
November 1, 1999 ;
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... ... Harvard Oct. 29. Nader, a 1958 Harvard Law School (HLS) graduate ... what he learned at Harvard Law School and moved ... social justice." Nader also outlined his ... the giant ship of Harvard Law School around," Nader said, "so that ...
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