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from Part II - Even Lawyers Were Children Once
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 September 2020
The world has changed since 1989: the end of Communism and the rise of a ‘capitalist’ China, and of Islam. How many draftsmen of the Convention anticipated this? The World Wide Web: this only dates from 1989, though this seems difficult to believe so ‘ordinary’ has it become. The sexual abuse of children: the ‘Cleveland Affair’ (Butler-Sloss, 1988) had only just turned this into a recognisable social problem. Globalisation (Darian-Smith, 2013; Stiglitz, 2002) was not the force it is now. Only a few scientists spoke of global warming and climate change. Few, if any, spoke of biodiversity or sustainable development. The medically assisted revolution was still in its infancy.
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