When I first read the article Mute Law by R. Sacco, I realized that my mission in life is to discover more for Comparative Law.
If you wish to learn more about the great comparativist R. Sacco, visit http://books.google.gr/books?id=Ks5It0NEVHUC&pg=PA247&dq=Rodolfo+Sacco&hl=en&sa=X&ei=IwQIT-WaJImSOuze4NIG&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Rodolfo%20Sacco&f=false and read Mute Law! (R. Sacco, Mute Law, 43 Am. J. Comp. L. 455)
Tribal myself!
Adopt your indigenous culture
Saturday, January 7, 2012
The Cheyenne Way! Inspiration for the future comes from the past
Because some people are just ahead of their time... The Cheyenne Way: Conflict and Case Law in Primitive Jurisprudence (Civilization of the American Indian Series) by Karl N. Llewellyn (Author)
Friday, January 6, 2012
Good news! Ecuador appeals court rules against Chevron in oil case
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-16404268
An Ecuadorean appeals court has upheld a ruling that Chevron should pay damages totalling $18.2bn (£11.5bn) over Amazon oil pollution.
Chevron said the judgement was "illegitimate" and "a fraud".
Texaco, which merged with Chevron in 2001, was accused of dumping toxic materials in the Ecuadorean Amazon.
The original ruling ordered Chevron to pay $8.6bn in damages, which was more than doubled after the company failed to make a public apology.
"We ratify the ruling of February 14 2011 in all its parts, including the sentence for moral reparation," the court in the Amazonian city of Lago Agrio said in its ruling, according to Reuters.
Long-running battle
In a statement released in response, Chevron said the decision was a "glaring example of the politicization and corruption of Ecuador's judiciary". It said it would continue to seek recourse through proceedings outside Ecuador.
The decision is the latest twist in a long-running legal battle between Chevron and the Ecuadorean plaintiffs.
The lawsuit was brought on behalf of 30,000 Ecuadoreans, in a case which has dragged on for years.
Ecuadorean indigenous groups said Texaco dumped more than 18bn gallons (68bn litres) of toxic materials into unlined pits and rivers between 1972 and 1992.
But Chevron says Texaco spent $40m cleaning up the area during the 1990s, and signed an agreement with Ecuador in 1998 absolving it of any further responsibility.
An Ecuadorean appeals court has upheld a ruling that Chevron should pay damages totalling $18.2bn (£11.5bn) over Amazon oil pollution.
Chevron said the judgement was "illegitimate" and "a fraud".
Texaco, which merged with Chevron in 2001, was accused of dumping toxic materials in the Ecuadorean Amazon.
The original ruling ordered Chevron to pay $8.6bn in damages, which was more than doubled after the company failed to make a public apology.
"We ratify the ruling of February 14 2011 in all its parts, including the sentence for moral reparation," the court in the Amazonian city of Lago Agrio said in its ruling, according to Reuters.
Long-running battle
In a statement released in response, Chevron said the decision was a "glaring example of the politicization and corruption of Ecuador's judiciary". It said it would continue to seek recourse through proceedings outside Ecuador.
The decision is the latest twist in a long-running legal battle between Chevron and the Ecuadorean plaintiffs.
The lawsuit was brought on behalf of 30,000 Ecuadoreans, in a case which has dragged on for years.
Ecuadorean indigenous groups said Texaco dumped more than 18bn gallons (68bn litres) of toxic materials into unlined pits and rivers between 1972 and 1992.
But Chevron says Texaco spent $40m cleaning up the area during the 1990s, and signed an agreement with Ecuador in 1998 absolving it of any further responsibility.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
A few words about Tribalism...
Indigenous Cultures need your help!
What if community was the basis of society once again?
Indigenous peoples like the tribes living in the Amazon Region of Ecuador or in another continent, the Oceania, the Aborigines of Australia share their ancestors’ values and they have their own stuctured society, in which one does not own but one shares. Through sharing ideals, ideas and values society can change and will change, because I believe that the Western idea of individuality is the cause of many wrong-going situations in today’s world.
By giving people the chance to adopt a tribal culture and be part of a group, they have the power to share and fullfil the group’s goals. I think that we can “borrow” ideas from indigenous societies and transform things and above all protect indigenous cultures that are in danger today. Tribes like the Tagaeri of Oriente disappeared due to the oil giant Texaco (today, Chevron). All together we can change things!
Beginning with Internet groups, the idea is to create a platform (named "tribal-myself.com") where people can see and choose the indigenous group they believe that they share the same values with.
In this way, the indigenous cultures could survive and become “trendy” for modern people.
Furthermore, the participants will have the chance to collaborate via the Internet and create their own webpage, on which they could promote their common ideas.
Discover & Vote for Tribalism on http://www.dellchallenge.org/projects/tribalism
What if community was the basis of society once again?
Indigenous peoples like the tribes living in the Amazon Region of Ecuador or in another continent, the Oceania, the Aborigines of Australia share their ancestors’ values and they have their own stuctured society, in which one does not own but one shares. Through sharing ideals, ideas and values society can change and will change, because I believe that the Western idea of individuality is the cause of many wrong-going situations in today’s world.
By giving people the chance to adopt a tribal culture and be part of a group, they have the power to share and fullfil the group’s goals. I think that we can “borrow” ideas from indigenous societies and transform things and above all protect indigenous cultures that are in danger today. Tribes like the Tagaeri of Oriente disappeared due to the oil giant Texaco (today, Chevron). All together we can change things!
Beginning with Internet groups, the idea is to create a platform (named "tribal-myself.com") where people can see and choose the indigenous group they believe that they share the same values with.
In this way, the indigenous cultures could survive and become “trendy” for modern people.
Furthermore, the participants will have the chance to collaborate via the Internet and create their own webpage, on which they could promote their common ideas.
Discover & Vote for Tribalism on http://www.dellchallenge.org/projects/tribalism
A simple idea: share the indigenous culture you believe in!
Everyone can become a member of an indigenous community, no matter where he comes from. In this way, people support indigenous cultures survival by a very simple way: by sharing the tribal beliefs online.
Indigenous cultures. Huaorani, Oriente/Ecuador.
Very impressive history; the Huaorani of the Amazon, Ecuador. For a study on them you can read the article of Judith Kimerling, Transnational Operations, Bi-National Injustice: Chevrontexaco And Indigenous Huaorani And Kichwa In The Amazon Rainforest In
Ecuador, Regional Issues in the International Indigenous Rights Movement, 31 Am. Indian L. Rev., 2006-2007, 445 and of Jennifer E. Brady, The Huaorani Tribe Of Ecuador: A Study In Self-Determination For Indigenous Peoples, Harvard Human Rights Journal Spring, 1997.
Ecuador, Regional Issues in the International Indigenous Rights Movement, 31 Am. Indian L. Rev., 2006-2007, 445 and of Jennifer E. Brady, The Huaorani Tribe Of Ecuador: A Study In Self-Determination For Indigenous Peoples, Harvard Human Rights Journal Spring, 1997.
Dreamtime
If you want to discover the Aboriginal Dreamtime Stories visit http://aboriginalart.com.au/culture/dreamtime.html
Dell Social Innovation Challenge
Welcome to all participants! Good luck to all!
This is the page of the project "Tribalism".
This is the page of the project "Tribalism".
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