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Rewriting the rules to project people and the planet | Elizabeth Wu | TEDxChiangMai
TEDx Talksยท 2025-12-11 16:25
[music] [applause] Hello everybody. I've always seen the law as a powerful shield, a tool to protect the vulnerable and to uphold justice. And I grew up in a family of lawyers.My grandparents and my mother are all lawyers. And I decided to become a lawyer myself because I strongly believe in the power of law to effect change and to benefit society. But law does not always effect change and benefit society.The evolution of law is often shaped by profit motive and corporate interests. I've spent years in corp ...