Legal Review 18 covers the period from July to December 2010 and includes updates on key current affairs, issues and developments relevant to the Kurdish regions, as well as summaries of relevant decisions of the European Court of Human Rights and other courts. Legal Review 18 features articles by John R. Crook (offering some reflections on the Abyei Arbitration as a possible model for other situations involving territorial or other disputes between a state and a constituent region or people) and Antoine Buyse (assessing the operation, possibilities and challenges of the pilot judgment procedure at the European Court).