The Sovereign Voice Issue 3 | Page 45

to a citizen under the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution. Right to speedy trial is an important right in the UK and US. India has huge potential to become an economic superpower. Its population stands at over a billion, making it the second largest population in the world. The middle class alone is greater than the population of the United States or the European Union. India is also the fourth largest economy in the world and has the second largest GDP of developing countries. But in spite of all this, India has failed to live up to expectations, and foreign investment has not been as high as expected. No amount of prosperity or development is either possible or worthwhile, if it is not accompanied by social infrastructure, one of which is a good legal system and an efficient dispute redress mechanism, which provide the citizenry the assurance that they live under the protection of an efficient legal regime. CONFLICT AND RESOLUTION Conflict is a part of life. Everyone has differing points of view, and we all need to figure out how to live with each other. No matter how trivial the conflict, it causes serious stress for everyone involved. Matrimonial disputes can shake the entire social fabric of existing families. They have such an effect upon the society and impact the whole society as such. Sometimes there may not even be a clear legal remedy for the problem. Conflict often results in a breakdown of communication, hurt feelings and defensiveness among individuals. Longer the conflicts persist, worse the problems seem to get. Sometimes victims of crime need answers and apologies more than they need to know perpetrators are being punished; and sometimes offenders need to find out just who they’ve hurt to realize what they’ve done is wrong. There is no conflict without emotion. There can be no resolution of violent conflict without addressing the underlying emotions that gave rise to it and sustained it. Behind almost every human conflict someone feels dismissed, discounted, disenfranchised, or disrespected. “Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God”, the words may not be the same, but a similar philosophy exists in all religions. Reconciliation, love and peace have enormous moral, spiritual and ethical value. People with problems, suffers from mental trauma and obviously yearns relief as quickly as possible TheSovereignVoice.Org