News release: “From NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence: The Tallinn Manual on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Warfare, written at the invitation of the Centre by an independent International Group of Experts, is the result of a three-year effort to examine how extant international law norms apply to this new form of warfare. The Tallinn Manual pays particular attention to the jus ad bellum, the international law governing the resort to force by States as an instrument of their national policy, and the jus in bello, the international law regulating the conduct of armed conflict (also labelled the law of war, the law of armed conflict, or international humanitarian law). Related bodies of international law, such as the law of State responsibility and the law of the sea, are dealt within the context of these topics.”
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Daily Archives: September 16, 2012
Poll – Leading Education by Advancing Digital Commission finds support for greater use of technology in education
“Answering a challenge from the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Education, the Leading Education by Advancing Digital (LEAD) Commission was established to determine how technology can help transform education in America. The Commission will do this through analyzing the ways in which technology is currently being implemented, determining which barriers are inhibiting greater… Continue Reading
CPI for all items rises 0.6% in August as gasoline index rises 9.0%
“The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.6 percent in August on a seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported [September 14, 2012]. Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 1.7 percent before seasonal adjustment. The seasonally adjusted increase in the all items index was the… Continue Reading
World Bank – Rethinking the Role of the State in Finance
News release: “The Global Financial Development Report: Rethinking the Role of the State in Finance, examines how financial systems around the world fared during the global financial crisis. Coinciding with the anniversary of the 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers, the report draws on several new global surveys and compiles unique country-level data covering more than… Continue Reading
Paper – A Global Law Perspective of the WTO
Delimatsis, Panagiotis, A Global Law Perspective of the WTO (July 27, 2012). Tilburg Law Review, Forthcoming. Available at SSRN “This note attempts to map the relevance of the emerging global law advocacy for the WTO. In this regard, it understands global law as an attempt to describe a growing decrease of the regulatory State and… Continue Reading
Pensions and Retirement State Legislation Database
Pensions and Retirement State Legislation Database – “Current legislation on pensions and retirement is available in a searchable database. You can search 2012 pensions and retirement bills by topic, primary author, state, bill number, status or keyword. The database is updated every two weeks.” [Via Pew and the National Conference of State Legislatures] Continue Reading
The Gender Wage Gap: 2011
The Gender Wage Gap: 2011. by Ariane Hegewisch, Angela Edwards (September 2012). Institute for Women’s Policy Research “The ratio of womens and mens median annual earnings was 77.0 for full-time/year-round workers in 2011, essentially unchanged from 77.4 in 2010. (This means the gender wage gap for full-time/year-round workers is now 23 percent.) During the last… Continue Reading
White House Infographic: The Plan to Help Homeowners Refinance
“Congress is currently considering a plan that would help millions of responsible homeowners save hundreds of dollars each month by refinancing their mortgages. The plan to expand access to refinancing is simple: make it easier for millions of responsible homeowners with mortgages backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to take advantage of historically low… Continue Reading
2011 Census for England and Wales
2011 Census for England and Wales: “The estimated population of England and Wales is 56,075,900. Census statistics provide a detailed snapshot of the population and its characteristics, and underpin funding allocation to provide public services. The first release of 2011 Census data provides household estimates, and population estimates by age and sex, for England and… Continue Reading
