As the war nears an end new hopes for the economy are on the cards. In fact the Sri Lankan economy is in such a poor state that only peace can bring about a turnaround.
The spate of attacks on lawyers appearing in cases involving grave human rights violations in recent months appear to show no signs of abating. This week, a lawyer who was appearing on behalf of a torture victim who had died due to the grievous treatment that he was subjected to, was assaulted by a police officer attached to the Negombo police station.
At University campuses in the US there is a widely circulated anecdote of a super smart law student who after graduation sued the Law School — and recovered his tuition fees. If you are sharp-witted, so the story goes, you can always find a loophole in the law through which you can ride a chariot with five horses - Ben Hur style.
