Position of judge in hierarchy of law
Excerpts of the speech by Judge Christopher G.
Weeramantry at Weeramantry International Centre for Peace Education
and Research (WICPER) in Colombo, recently.:
It must be remembered that in attempting to draft
a universal code of judicial ethics, we had to bridge the
differences that existed between various jurisdictions, and in
particular the gulf between the two great legal systems prevalent in
the world today, the common law system and the civil law system.
These two systems take a very different view regarding the position
of the judge in the hierarchy of the law.
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Yes, she was innocent, like a flower
In the year 1996 or thereabouts, the third year
students of the Sociology Department, Peradeniya University were
taken on a field trip to Thanamalwila. They were divided into groups
and asked to study various aspects of the social, political and
economic environment. One group had to investigate the unusually
high suicide rate in the area.
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The Tortoise and the Hare: The story retold
At a recent conference held in Bangkok, on how
Thailand can meet global challenges in progressing its economy, a
speaker referred to the story we all learnt as kids of the tortoise
and the hare and the race they took on to reach the goal post.
Adopted from Aesop’s fables, it was one of the first to be learnt by
all children, as a lesson for life. It established the virtue of
being steady and solid on one’s progress. The hare was portrayed as
being hasty, unsteady and complacent, in spite of its ability to run
faster than the tortoise.
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