Comparing WTO Panelists and ICSID Arbitrators: The Creation of International Legal Fields Jose Augusto Fontoura Costa Abstract:      Who are people who make the decisions in trade and investment dispute settlement systems? [read post]

Those who took the time and made the effort to nominate their personal recommendations for Blawg Review of the Year 2009 know how daunting a task it is to single out a half dozen outstanding presentations of Blawg Review in 2009. [read post]

Alameda County, according to its own statements, rolled out the machines before it knew how to effectively handle the data they generated.[6] This is one recent example of the short but extremely tumultuous history that computerized touch-screen voting has had in the US.[7] It's easy to see their attraction - small, sexy information age devices, they seem a panacea for a voting system that often borders on antique. [read post]