Information in International Law

José M. Reis is a researcher at the Portuguese National Cybersecurity Centre (CNCS) and affiliated with the Behavioural Research Approaches in International Law Network (BRAIN) at the University of Hamburg, Germany. His current research interests revolve around issues at the intersection of law and social science, focusing on information diffusion in international law in general, human rights agenda-setting in specific, and topics associated with the interaction between cybersecurity and disinformation. Before joining his current position, he held a post-doctoral fellowship at the Social Physics and Complexity Lab (Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas - LIP), Portugal, as well as a research associate at the Institute of Law and Economics, University of Hamburg. He also briefly worked in Law firms in Portugal and India and as the co-director of the NGO “Pro Bono Portugal”, the first public interest legal clearing house in Portugal. He holds a PhD in Law from the University of Hamburg, an LL.M. in Law and Economics from the University of Hamburg and the University of Vienna, and was a Visiting Researcher at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, USA.

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Transparency and the Formation of International Agreements: Evidence from EU-Treaty Making.- Chapter 3. Transparency in International Adjudication: Opening Up International Adjudication.- Chapter 4. From Transparency to Information: the Salience of ECtHR Rulings.- Chapter 5. Does Salience Matter? The Impact of Public Attention on Compliance with ECtHR Rulings.- Chapter 6. From Information to Meaning: Framing Trade Agreements.