Introduction: The Roles of Law and Diplomacy in Dispute Resolution--The International Joint Commission as a Possible Model

rule of law, diplomacy, and dispute resolution--Canada and United State

Combating World's Corruption is a Slippery Business

The better we can measure corruption, the more accurate will become our understanding of its reach and depth, as well as impacts. Without improving our methodologies, effective reforms will continue to rest on shaky empirical foundations

Without identifying the underlying causes, we cannot combat corruption

Without the underlying factors that lead to corrupt practices, we cannot develop an effective strategy to combat corrupt behavio

Introduction: Federal States in the Broader World

federal states and the worl

From zero-sum conflicts to federalism: Iraqis offer an international community a road forward

The future of federalism in Iraq is not only important to the peoples of that country who have struggled over so many decades for human rights and peace. It is an experiment of consequential interest to all of us, from North America to Europe, from Asia to the Middle East, to see if a society riddled by sectarian violence can reject the hideous alternatives of conquest, genocide, and partition in favor of a vertical political strategy and institution that accommodates self-determination with shared values and purpos

Filling the Justice Capacity Gap

The worlds justice systems are under stress. Political commitments to democratization and human rights protection, private economic transactions, counterterrorism, and globalization impose new burdens on justice institutions for more impartial and transparent conflict resolution. The intrinsic need of a modern state to be both strong and self-limiting requires a strong and independent judiciary to realize these ruleof- law objectives

Local Mediation in Advance of Armed Conflict

Published in cooperation with the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolutio