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November 19, 2007
Pakistan's lawyers, Musharraf and emergency rule.
How can you walk into a courtroom and address a judge as 'My lord' if he has taken an oath to a dictator? --Asad Abbasi, Islamabad lawyer
The Washington Post's Pam Constable writes about how lawyers in Pakistan wage a campaign against President Pervez Musharraf by boycotting courts.
Posted by Holden Oliver (Kitzbühel Desk) at 11:59 PM | Comments (0)
Redux: You're smart when you're angry.
Anger is that powerful internal force that blows out the light of reason.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Maybe, maybe not. WAC? could never be sure. Last week, writing about the Las Vegas Dem debate, we were just kidding, mainly. We did like HRC's pluck. But being in an ADR-non-warrior-let's-explore mode lately (keep that on the down-low), we noticed that Stephanie West Allen had this great piece back in June at her "other blog", Brains on Purpose: "Good Brain, Bad Brain? Bring It All to the Negotiation Table".
Posted by JD Hull at 05:23 PM | Comments (0)
Blawg Review # 135
Today is Equal Opportunity Day in the U.S., and Part 1 of Blawg Review #135 is hosted by Transgender Workplace Diversity. Part 2 will appear tomorrow, Transgender Day of Remembrance, at the Rainbow Law Center Blog.
Posted by Holden Oliver (Kitzbühel Desk) at 08:40 AM | Comments (0)
ADR, Mediation--and a few words about Dinosaurs.
How do scientists--and dinosaurs--resolve their disputes, anyway? Hear an interview with Kevin Padian, curator of University of California—Berkeley’s Museum of Paleontology. It's from "International Dispute Negotiation", a podcast interview series of The International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR). The interviews are conducted by General Electric in-house lawyer Michael McIlwrath, based in Florence, Italy. The Padian interview is here. Vigilant Diane Levin pointed out IDN to us last week.
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