My new book, "War and Happiness - The Role of Temperament in the Assessment of Resolve" will be released by Palgrave Macmillan in hardcover on July 2, 2019 and in a digital version later in the month. I have been... Continue reading

My article, Always-on Augmented Reality and the "Holo-ing Out" of the Individual recently appeared in the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs. It ties in with an article I published in 2004 in the Journal of Internet Law on freedom of... Continue reading

I haven't posted anything to this blog for over a year, perhaps because blogging has generally been superseded by Facebook and Twitter, or the time devoted to teaching, writing, reading, travelling, family etc. Since the last post was somewhat depressing... Continue reading

January 28 was International Data Privacy Day, which commemorates the 1981 signing of the European Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to the Automatic Processing of Personal Data. In North America, IDPD has been championed by the National... Continue reading

Google commissioned Eugene Volokh of UCLA to write a paper, together with Donald Falk of Mayer Brown LLP, in support of Google's position that the results produced by the algorithms in its search engine are protected by the freedom of... Continue reading

Most Constitutional Law scholars have avidly followed the proceedings in the US Supreme Court concerning the Affordable Care Act. The critical questioning of the Solicitor General by the four conservative justices and the swing Justice, Kennedy, does not bode well... Continue reading

I will be presenting a paper entitled, "Wikileaks and Reputation for Resolve" at the Annual Convention of the International Studies Association in San Diego which will be from April 1 - 4. The theme of the Convention is "Power, Principles... Continue reading

Description of a scenario where Russia diverts oil and natural gas to China instead of the EU, pushing the EU over the brink so that it is forced to dissolve. Continue reading