He escapes conventional judgment and defies objective analysis.

WSJ: Ada Louise Huxtable on Frank Lloyd Wright, From Within Outward, at New York��s Guggenheim Museum

This has been to Mr Berlusconi's advantage over the years and none of his legal reforms have, as their main objective, the speeding up of justice (although one measure, removing the prosecutions' right to appeal a judgment, will help in some cases).

ECONOMIST: Silvio Berlusconi and Italy's judges