Bar Association should not dabble in party politics

Constitution of the BASL is clear on the objectives as an independent professional body which is the most powerful professional organization in the country. Judiciary consist only of lawyers - the Head of the official Bar is the Attorney General and the Private Bar has only one organization statutorily recognized which is accepted by the Executive and the Judiciary which of course is the BASL.

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Double standards of the West

I totally agree with President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s comments about the Uva Rebellion and how the Christian Colonial British committed genocide by killing every able bodied man over 18 years of age, razing crops and even taking away the salt from villages in Uva.

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Buddhism, International Law and K. N. Jayatilleke -Part II:

Buddhist political philosophy

Prof. Jayathilleke, in his treatise has referred to the principles of justice, equity, human rights and equality as accepted by the Buddhist political philosophy. This writer thinks that the principle of common good (Bahujana Sukhaya) too should have been included as a principle of law.

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