It is impossible to live without and beyond one’s ‘gender’ today, for it comes in the package with your sex. Therefore, gender justice, is all encompassing of the gendered experiences that are a part of life in a society for everyone, and is meant to liberate people from them if they’re...

Prosecutors exercise broad power and nearly unchecked discretion. A distinctive and underappreciated aspect of prosecutorial authority lies in the ability to impose plea terms that effectively ensconce the prosecutor as a regulator. This phenomenon is clearest in corporate settlements mandating...

The Insolvency Monitor is a pioneer initiative from the Núcleo de Estudos de Processos de Insolvência - NEPI (Research Center of Insolvency Proceedings) of PUCSP (the Catholic University of São Paulo) and the Associação Brasileira de Jurimetria – ABJ (Brazilian Association of...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify innovation models in the judiciary according to the current integrated theoretical approach for innovation in services. Design/methodology/approach: This study uses a quantitative approach. The authors collected the data through a questionnaire...

Scholars have devoted considerable attention to the U.S. Supreme Court's legitimacy-conferring capacity, arguing that the Court attaches some of its legitimacy to its rulings, leading people to accept those decisions. Missing from earlier research is recognition that the U.S. is a federal legal...

This paper considers the principled approach to the sentencing of young people, requiring the recognition of the lesser capacity and culpability of the offender due to their personal characteristics. The author uses New Zealand as a case study to discuss whether, and how, judges would exercise...

For the third time in the last several decades, policymakers are contemplating an overhaul of mortgage-finance regulations. Despite the considerable attention paid to how ex ante regulations affect the availability of credit and the appropriateness of the mortgage products that lenders offer,...