THE POTENTIAL OF THE FAMILY LAW EDUCATION REFORM PROJECT FOR FAMILY LAWYERS1

Family lawyers are major beneficiaries of the reforms set out in the Family Law Education Reform Project (FLER) Report. This commentary from a veteran family law practitioner explores the needs of the family law bar for the training of law students in practical, interdisciplinary, client‐centered lawyering that goes beyond the traditional case method. I trace many of the current innovations evolving in family law practice and how FLER reforms will not only benefit law schools but also have a major impact in the courts and private practice sector.     

尼中关系五十年

1955年是尼泊尔外交关系史上具有重要里程碑意义的一年.在只有英、美、印、法四个建交国的情况下,尼泊尔国际交往史翻开了新的一页.这一重要的历史进程自然地同尼泊尔北部的伟大邻邦--1949年刚刚成立的中华人民共和国紧密地联系在了一起,中国此时也正处在外交关系的首个拓展期.1955年4月在万隆举行的亚非会议给尼泊尔代表团和由周恩来总理率领的中国代表团提供了一个开启探讨两国建立正式外交关系对话的良好机会.这一对话同年7月在尼泊尔首都加德满都继续进行.1955年8月1日,尼泊尔王室首席顾问萨达尔·贡加·曼·辛格和中国驻印度大使袁仲贤阁下分别代表本国政府签署了两国正式建立外交关系的协议书.袁仲贤阁下随后被中国政府任命为中国驻尼泊尔王国首任大使.中国成为第5个与尼泊尔建立正式外交关系的国家,尼泊尔是中国的第22个建交国.     

Long-term success in mediation

This article reports the results of a study of the antecedents of long-term success in community mediation. Seventy-three mediation sessions were recorded and content analyzed. The participants were interviewed at two points: immediately after mediation and 4 to 8 months later. No relationship was found between the quality of the agreements—i.e., the extent to which they solved immediate problems- and long-term success as measured by compliance, improved relations between the parties, and the absence of new problems. On the other hand, joint problem solving by the disputants was related to complainant perceptions of improved relations with the other party. Also respondent perceptions that the mediation had been fair and that all the problems had come out were related to all aspects of long-term success in the eyes of the complainant. The latter results support a procedural justice analysis of mediation and underline the importance of mediator attention to the respondent.     

On Giving Legal Form Its Due. A Study in Legal Theory

Abstract.  The four theses of this paper are: (1) that an appropriate organizational form is used to design, define, and organize a functional unit of a legal system, (2) that the functional units of a legal system, contrary to the emphasis in Hart and Kelsen, consist of far more than rules, and include institutions, interpretive and other methodologies, sanctions and remedies, and more, (3) that frontal and systematic study of the forms of these units is a major avenue for advancing understanding of them as duly organized wholes, and, (4) that such study reveals that much credit is due these forms, along with complementary material or other components of the units, for values realized through law.