Power back to the people

Article Abstract:

The issues protested at the World Trade Organization (WTO) convention in Seattle, WN, in Nov, 1999, are discussed. Demonstrators charged the WTO with protecting international corporations even as they made decisions favoring free trade to the exclusion of environmental protection and human rights. With such actions, the demonstrators charged that the WTO was also thwarting economic sanctions directed at environmental and human rights abuses.

International, Human rights, World Trade Organization, Public opinion, Environmental protection

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Far to go: hearings seek to pinpont issues that resonate with female lawyers

Article Abstract:

The ABA is holding a series of hearings designed to investigate the status of women in the law profession. The early hearings have revealed that many women lawyers still feel that they are marginalized and denied career advancement opportunities that are available to men of comparable skill levels.

Analysis, Women attorneys, Women lawyers, Sex discrimination, A.B.A.

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The most vulnerable clients: attorneys must deal with special issues when kids come into contact with the courts

Article Abstract:

Lawyers dealing with children either as advocates or examiners in civil and criminal cases have to pay attention to psychological or social factors that differentiate children from adults. Some suggestions for attorneys working with children are offered.

Legal issues & crime, Management dynamics, Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities, Legal/Government Regulation, Children, Trial Procedures, Management, Company legal issue, Cases, Practice, Trial practice, Company business management, Legal assistance to children, Children's legal assistance

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