I have a dim recollection of Volokh from attending an HP conference or two. His paper is still online (at Alfredo Rego's site), and I think I recall reading it at the time. He was just a kid at the time.
It turns out the same Eugene Volokh is now a law professor at UCLA and runs a libertarianish blog called the Volokh Conspiracy. He is an immigrant from Ukraine. His father Vladimir was a programmer and taught young Eugene. He learned fast. More here.
Funny. I figured there couldn't be that many Eugene Volokhs in the world. Wasn't sure it was the same guy though.
Btw, I'm using your Posting Form Enhancer and FrTreeviewer Greasemonkey scripts. They rock. One thing I'd change about the posting script, is to make the <p> work like the bold and italics tag in that it would close the </p>