trial – The Laws of Rule

Should We Not Think Differently?

Posted on 16/08/201125/11/2011 by markbtaylor

Norway’s Prime Minister, Jens Stoltenberg, went on a walkabout today. Not much happened. In the wake of the 22 July killing of 77 people in a bomb blast and shooting rampage that targeted both Stoltenberg and his party’s youth wing, the fact that he’s not upped his security detail is a statement in and of…

Assymetrical Legal Warfare

Posted on 23/02/201123/02/2011 by markbtaylor

This week a judge in Ecuador handed Chevron an order to pay US$ 9.8 in connection with damages which indigenous peoples allege were caused by decades of oil pollution and environmental neglect. The company denies the allegations and although the decision is a landmark for victims of environmental harms in countries like Ecuador, it is…