"..."Burma Law Report" (BLR) is a government publication, published annually by the state-controlled Law Report Publishing Board. It is the only source for Burmese advocates. The report is based on judgments passed in significant cases by the Supreme Court. The selection of cases is at the discretion of government legal officials of course, and there is no transparency of judicial proceedings. Law reporting means accountability ? the very thing that military juntas are afraid of. So it is not surprising that the reasoning leading to judgments in the BLR usually consists of a few sentences only, while the whole text contains repetition of selected facts. The duty to write down the judgment properly, in compliance with the rules laid down for this, is shirked and perfunctorily performed. The gross abuse of the principle guiding law reporting is patently visible. "Burma Law Report" reflects the way the junta is thinking in respect of law..."