Questions for Wednesday

1.       How can you argue that a soft law should be applied instead of an actual arbitration rule that the parties are probably bound to? Can we even make such argument?

2.       Where do you begin your research? Are there any particular resources you would recommend to us?

3.       It seems that there are countries that have more “arbitration credibility.” That is, they are either often cited or praised as good law that other countries should follow. Would you agree that it is better to cite the rules of some countries instead of others? And if so, could you tell us which countries you recommend?

4.       CIETAC has reformed some of its rules in reaction to a corruption scandal a few years ago, where arbitrators were found to have received bribes in exchange for deciding in favor of certain parties. Do you think that this means CIETAC rules are more strictly applied than other comparable rules?

5.       Do you think that there is a difference between how aggressive males and females should act? Keeping in mind that we’re not supposed to be very aggressive, just strong advocates for our clients, is there the possibility that certain comments, mannerisms, or tones of voice that sounds ok in man, do not sound ok for women in arbitration?

Teamwork

"There’s no I in team. There’s no U either. So I guess if I’m not on the team and you’re not on the team, nobodies on the ****** team. The team sucks." - Red vs. Blue

It's simply best if everyone's in the team. Otherwise, there's no team. The team sucks.

South Park - Super Best Friends

So I'm not really good with technology and had to resort to copying the screen and cropping the scenes, so please excuse the roughness of these frames.

In this episode of South Park:
Frame 1: A new cult dedicated to worshiping David Blaine acquires more members by sending out his missionaries.
Frame 2: Many members of the South Park community join the cult, including Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny.
Frame 3: Stan, having realized that Blainetologists are a cult, escapes and goes toward the only person he thinks can impress people even more than David Blaine - Jesus.
Frame 4: Jesus decides that he needs the help of the Super Best Friends. They are the founders of the world's main religions and are best friends because they all believe in the power of good over evil.
Frame 5: David Blaine has convinced his followers to commit suicide so that Blainetology can get tax-exempt status and thus become an official religion.
Frame 6: The Super Best Friends defeat the monster that David Blaine has created - a giant statute of Abraham Lincoln. They create a giant statute of John Wilkes Booth to shoot giante Abe Lincoln. Thus the Super Best Friends save the day and free South Park from Blainetologists.

Trying to fit the whole story into six frames was difficult. I had to cut out frames that I thought were important to the story, but then I decided that they were not necessary to narrate the gist of the story, and most importantly, the message it was trying to send across. This too will happen in our oral arguments, so I think it was a good exercise that helps put things into perspective.