On Tue, 06 Jul 2004 22:19:24 +0900, Raj Feridun
<rferid@NOSPAMyahoo.co.jp> wrote:

>On Tue, 06 Jul 2004 19:45:40 +0900, Michael Cash
><mikecash@buggerallspammers.com> wrote:
>
>>Who was the US Supreme Court justice who, when an attorney pleading
>>before the court asked for justice, snapped (I paraphrase, perhaps)
>>"Young man, this is a court of law, not justice!"
>
>Sounds like Judge Schaal. I haven't heard of the case.
>
>>What I wonder about....if the child were from North America or Europe,
>>would the law have been applied the same way?
>
>Not a chance. 

What about the American surrogate twins earlier this year that
couldn't get entered onto the koseki of the two Japanese parents the
way they wanted it?

http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=1&id=301440

They didn't bend the rules for them either.

Ken