Letter to the Editor
Oct. 2, 2010
'Third World' Is An Obsolete Term
Hyman Sisman of the Los Angeles County district attorney's office responds to "Third World Countries Must Provide Their Own Access to Justice."
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR COLUMN
On Sept. 28, the Daily Journal carried a piece entitled "Third World Countries Must Provide Their Own Access to Justice." The term "Third World" came into being in the 1950s to describe countries that were not part of the "First World" (i.e., the advanced capitalist West, including Japan and Australia and New Zealand and perhaps South Africa) or the "Second World" (the Communist bloc). Since the collapse of the Soviet U...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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