As the federal government shutdown is almost an hour away, I’m hard-pressed to give either political party kudos in their negotiation strategy or in their public postering. However, in the Oregon state house Representative Jefferson Smith has been able to do the seemingly impossible – get Republicans and Democrats to work together on an impressive undertaking. … Continue reading An Example of Civil Discourse?
Susan Franck (Washington & Lee, currently visiting at Vanderbilt) recently posted her latest paper, Rationalizing Costs in Investment Treaty Arbitration, on SSRN. The piece continues her empirical work in an important area of international finance, this time focusing on the hot button issue of costs. Noting that several countries have left the investment treaty arbitration world … Continue reading Rationalizing Costs in Investment Treaty Arbitration
This is a deep and serious philosophical question that we ask juries and others who award monetary damages to answer all the time. This weekend I finished Kenneth Feinberg’s book What is Life Worth? describing his work with the 9/11 Compensation Fund. It’s an interesting read that details the working s of the team of … Continue reading What is Life Worth?
Lots of things happened while I was in Israel, including the annual release of the US News law school rankings. Of course, we’re interested in the ADR rankings, which are based on peer assessment as compared to the USNews overall law school rankings which are based on a formula that’s always controversial. Without any further … Continue reading US News ADR Rankings
Don’t forget to register for the upcoming ABA DR Section conference in Denver – it’s less than a month away, April 13-16. The headline speakers are Bob Mnookin, author of the highly acclaimed book Bargaining with the Devil: When to Negotiate, When to Fight, and Temple Grandin, the renowned animal scientist from Colorado State University. Clair Danes won … Continue reading Reminder – Sign Up for the ABA DR Section Conference in Denver
This blog post below was written by Mykil Bachoian, an ASU student who was on the Israel trip, recalling his experience while there. He’s the tall one in the back row. My trip to Israel with Art and Andrea was the most educational and inspirational trip abroad that I have ever experienced. In just a week’s time, … Continue reading Reflections on Israel
Note: This post was written on Friday morning at the Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv, but wasn’t posted b/c of poor internet connections there and at the Newark Airport. As you’ll recall from Andrea’s post last night, we were optimistic about our plane taking off and the state of Israel-Palestine negotiations. As a reward … Continue reading Optimism is Complicated . . . The Israel Not So Live Blog
We’re about halfway through our trip, and I have to say that’s it’s been great so far and live blogging has been more challenging than anticipated as we’ve been on the go so much that there’s not as much time or wifi access as I had anticipated. That said, we’ll certainly do some post trip … Continue reading Mid Trip Reactions – the Israel Live Blog Cont’d
Last night we had a riveting lecture by two members of the restorative justice organization known as the Parents’ Circle. Ali, a Palestinian, and Robbi, an Israeli Jew, both have had family members killed in the greater conflict and both told the stories of their respective deaths. Ali’s brother, who was his only caretaker when … Continue reading The Parents’ Circle – the Israel Live Blog Cont’d
If Israel had a relationship status on Facebook, that’s what it would be – at least according to our speaker s yesterday. The three of them must have described the Palestinian-Israel issue in those two words a dozen times or more. Of course, it is an extremely complex problem. One aspect our guides walked us … Continue reading It’s Complicated . . .
