... be halted if the politicians, scientists, world leaders including China, youth, and the media were to coordinate their efforts and make saving the environment their number one priority. Capra and Mattei lay out a vision of “a legal system in tune with nature and community” that posits the possibility...

... of collective separation is also manifested in corporate law, which treats corporations as the creations of socially separated investors seeking to maximize their short-term profits. The idea that the corporation would be commonly understood to accomplish a shared social purpose so that the legal form would...

... if the society at large offered the same kind of compassion and values that addicts find in Twelve Steps. Two countries, Portugal and Canada, offer promise when it comes to lowering opioid drug use and/or death by overdoses. Both countries, which have free public health systems, show how medical legalization...

..., racial, ethnic and religious grounds, and racism. Even Apartheid is increasingly accepted as a legitimate legal description of Israeli rule in the Occupied Territories. But there is one label that still elicits intense opposition even among progressive critics of Israel—genocide. We know the reason...

...Laura Beckman ( laurabeckman.com ) What if Lady Justice were omnipartial? A new legal culture based on empathy and care might inspire a better use for that blindfold of hers. ...

... kh shaping the conscious­ legal system as a vehicle for fessional years working at AND HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA righting wrongs has caused the law firm of Arnold & MAKING WAVES ness and mission of the m any lawyers...

... but dent, since we are trying to determine what is fair and just rather than what is currently legal. is currently what than rather is just and fair what determine to trying are we since dent, only justified, not are speech commercial on limits which in a context created has...

...—with a little help from our friends. —Ron Hirschbein, Chico, CA TRANSFORM THE LAW I was pleased to see two discussions of restorative justice in the Summer 2015 issue of Tikkun : in Peter Gabel’s visionary essay, “The Spiritual Dimension of Social Justice: Transforming the Legal Arena...

..., but not as much about out for them . This conception of hum an and behavior Halpern describes is an an­ the content of the ideas and practices he motivation and behavior is facilitated by chor for transforming the legal culture in was proposing. One wishes for more our laws of property, contracts...

..., these organizations are now the driving force of legal, ad­ vocacy, and educational work for social change in the country. The past two decades has brought a dram atic increase in the num ber of these social change organizations. There are hundreds of organizations working on issues as diverse...