For the few of you who are not regular readers of the Durham, North Carolina based "News & Observer" newspaper, here is a link to an op-ed that my Duke Law colleague Barak Richman and I just wrote on Leonardo DiCaprio's new movie "Blood Diamond".
Blood Diamonds Op-ed N&O Jan. 11 2007
We acknowledge the innovative nature of the UN sponsored Kimberley Scheme against conflict diamonds, but question its incentives, cost and effectiveness.