One issue that affects the economic and social development of a country is the ability of the judiciary to present itself as a legitimate instance in resolving conflicts that arise in the social, business and economic development. One way to measure this is through legitimacy of the motivations...

Although there is a literature that relates the determinants of confidence in the judicial system and utilization of the judiciary, there is a gap on the causal relationship between these two variables. The purpose of this paper is to examine the causal relationship between confidence in the...

The growing literature on comparative judicial politics focuses primarily on intragovernmental, interbranch relations. In this paper, I argue for the expansion of this scholarship to include the issue of judicial autonomy from both official and non-official actors. Parsing the difference between...

Who gets to determine rights and justice? Which mechanism of judicial selection and accountability is optimal? There is no easy answer. If judges are independent experts, nominated and evaluated by their peers, they will be immune from the pressures of electoral rent-seeking, but unaccountable...

Over the last few decades, the United Kingdom has experienced a profound – if quiet – constitutional transformation. But these developments have hardly been appreciated within broader public debates, which remain rooted in/anchored to notions of parliamentary sovereignty. In this paper, we...

The Internal Revenue Code is an important source of federal tax law, but it is not the only source. The U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service issue important guidance, and federal courts interpret all of these authorities. This essay provides an overview of federal tax...

This Article, which was presented at the 2013 Miller-Becker Center Symposium at the University of Akron School of Law, describes three novel ways in which consumers are gaining greater access to the justice system without using lawyers and argues that the legal community should embrace this kind...

The inefficiency of the Italian judicial system has contributed to reduced investments, slow growth and a difficult business environment. The enforcement of civil and commercial claims suffers from excessive delays in court proceedings, resulting in a very large number of pending cases. The...