But, like the reluctant murderer, by the time we accompany these characters to their bitter end, we're bored by their troubles, can't rouse ourselves to be interested in their resolution.
"By not doing so, they demonstrate their lack of interest in its resolution".
In their submission to the court, firms such as Google and Microsoft said they had "a strong interest in the resolution of the issues in this case", as they too faced similar legal battles over the protection of user data.
At a United Nations meeting last month, the Iraqi delegation professed interest in a resolution but did not agree to inspections.
And Hizbullah has shown little interest in Security Council Resolution 1559, which calls equally piously for the disbanding of all Lebanon's militias (there is in fact now only one) but suggests no way of enforcing this.
Especially when the defendant and the public are aware of an ongoing government investigation of the same charges, the defendant's interest in final resolution of the charges remains acute.
Although the formulation of choice-of-law theory in terms of the states' interests in the conflicting rules at issue has gained wide acceptance, the courts have been unable to agree upon criteria for determining when a state has a valid interest in dispute resolution.
Federal prosecutors Andrew Weissmann Andrew Weissmann and Michael Pauze Michael Pauze have stood up and argued that society has an interest in expeditious resolution of criminal cases and therefore does not allow defendants to waive all rights to a speedy trial.
We should do what we can diplomatically to show our interest in a resolution that will benefit the entire region, but we need to steer clear of the insanity of thinking that American military muscle is the solution.
Witnessing his Croatian family endure the violent war years of the early 1990s in former Yugoslavia, by his early 20s, Leon had developed a keen interest in conflict resolution and began to seek peace in his inner life, avidly exploring religious and spiritual ideas and pathways for self-transformation which would come to inspire and inform his work.
