Tomer Broude

I'm not sure yet what to make of this surefire box office hit. Should I let my students watch it? Are they mature enough? I actually like Woody Harrelson (not to mention Charlize Theron). With all due respect to both, I like the other Woody much, much more.

I just finished teaching a group of bright Canadian law students a basic course on multilateral and regional trade law. At one point I couldn't resist asking them if they had ever eaten a genetically modified food product. Of course they had no idea. So much for consumer

The NAFTA Chapter 11 arbitral award on UPS v. Canada is out. Of particular interest is the difference of opinion on the relation between Canada's "Publications Assistance Program" and the Cultural Industries exception of Article 2106 NAFTA (Tribunal majority: it's a carve out, and

"China sets fire to pirated goods in latest crackdown". Censorship is usually thought of as conflicting with trade rules. Here we see a trade rule (IP protection) that potentially goes hand in hand with censorship. An incendiary combination. This supports my speculation about the legal link between the

See here. The lead line: "The president of the World Bank has one asset: his credibility. The Bank’s capacity to make a difference lies not in its money and ideas but in its ability to be the world’s voice for development. This includes, as Paul Wolfowitz, the

People interested in L&E, law reform and development, might be interested in this call for papers published by the University of London School of Oriental and African Studies. I copy the background section below: "The model of the relationship of law to economics provided by the current

Some optimism from a US administration figure that the increasing attractiveness of agro-based fuels will bring progress in Doha. Of course this over-simplifies the issue, and the catches are many. I could've posted this as a trade law "brain-teaser", but see this interesting discussion paper, co-authored

Yesterday I happened to hear a lecture about the "Protection of family property against creditors in the enlightenment era court of chancery". Nothing to do with GMOs, but listening to a learned analysis of late 18th century jurisprudence made me wonder - what would future generations, say, in

Hold your breath.The EU is putting trade policy to public task: http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/12/04/business/trade.php . Is this like putting liberalization to public referendum? If the outcome is negative, could it justify trade restrictions? If it is positive, could it justify openness? One