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...more welcome than two new books assailing this bane of modern family life: The Homework Myth (Da Capo Press; 243 pages), by Alfie Kohn, the prolific, perpetual critic of today's test-driven schools, and The Case Against Homework (Crown; 290 pages), a cri de coeur by two moms, lawyer Sara Bennett and journalist Nancy Kalish...
...nearby Strasshof, who called police after finding her roaming the neighborhood. Police said Kampusch's alleged captor, Wolfgang Priklopil, 44, who killed himself by jumping in front of a train the day she escaped, had held her in the basement of his home. RECOVERING. Albert Ho, 55, Hong Kong lawyer and Democratic Party vice chairman, after being severely injured by three baton-wielding men who attacked him in a McDonald's on Aug. 19; in Hong Kong. Although no suspects have been named, Ho, a member of the Legislative Council and one of the city's best-known public figures...
...vain did her lawyer itemize Davis' grievances: that she could be suspended without pay for refusing a part, with the period of suspension added to her contract; that she could be called upon to play any part within her abilities regardless of her personal beliefs; that she could be required to support a political party against her beliefs; and that her image and likeness could be displayed in any manner deemed applicable by the studio. (This is from Wikipedia.) The barrister for Warners sneered at this list, saying "that this is rather a naughty young lady and that what...
Human-rights lawyer Gareth Peirce has clients in some of Britain's most high-profile cases, including detainees at Guantánamo Bay and two of those accused last month of plotting to detonate explosives aboard flights between Britain and the U.S. Inspired by the U.S. civil-rights movement, Peirce first made headlines by securing the release of falsely imprisoned i.r.a. suspects. She spoke to Time's Jessica Carsen about law, justice and her portrayal in a Hollywood movie. What are the greatest threats to human rights today? The clear willingness of governments who have a history of considering that...
...when a top Beijing lawyer tried to represent Chen in a Linyi court on Aug. 18, he was promptly tossed into jail himself. I began to wonder whether the international attention was doing more harm than good. In previous years, a plea from the U.S. State Department could help get a Chinese political prisoner released, typically as a goodwill gesture before important international summits. But in recent months, foreign pressure appears to have done little. On Friday, for instance, a Chinese researcher for The New York Times, who had been languishing in jail for nearly two years, was sentenced...