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Alternative Dispute Resolution

Sep. 16, 2000

Socratic Ear

By Hera S. Arsen. Ask retired Superior Court Judge Bruce Sottile to summarize his philosophy on the role of a judge and he'll quote a few lines from Socrates, "'Four things belong to a judge: to hear courteously, to answer wisely, consider soberly and to decide impartially.'"

By Hera S. Arsen
        Ask retired Superior Court Judge Bruce Sottile to summarize his philosophy on the role of a judge and he'll quote a few lines from Socrates, "'Four things belong to a judge: to hear courteously, to answer wisely, consider soberly and to decide impartially.'"
        These same precepts are carried over into the role of a neutral, says Sott...

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