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Fortschritte Bulgariens im Rahmen des Kooperations- und Kontrollverfahrens : Zwischenbericht der Kommission an das Europäische Parlament und den Rat

2008

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Power Over Prosecutors Corrupts Politicians : Cross Country Evidence Using a New Indicator

van Aaken, Anne - 2008

It is hypothesized that prosecution agencies that are dependent on the executive have less incentives to prosecute … necessary to create an indicator measuring de jure as well as de facto independence of the prosecution agencies. The regressions … show that de facto independence of prosecution agencies robustly reduces corruption of officials …

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The Judiciary in South Africa : Independence or Illusion?

Andrews, Penelope - 2008

In this chapter I explore judicial independence and legal transformation in South Africa. My central thesis is that judicial independence is one of the key ingredients to ensuring that the transformative possibilities embodied in the Constitution become a reality for the majority of South...

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Judicial Independence in Virginia

Bryson, W. Hamilton - 2008

This article traces the concept and practice of judicial independence and separation of governmental powers in Virginia from Independence to the present. It also discusses the method of judicial selection in Virginia

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Levers of Legal Design : Institutional Determinants of the Quality of Law

Hadfield, Gillian K. - 2008

The new comparative economics is largely organized around an effort to explain differences in country economic performance in terms of differences between common law and civil code systems. Assumptions about differences between common law and civil code regimes and the correspondence between...

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Some reflections on the economics of prosecutors: Mandatory v selective prosecution

Garoupa, Nuno - Instituto de Ciencias Sociales, Instituto Madrileño de … - 2008

Mandatory prosecution is inefficient according to legal economists. We argue that when prosecutors are fairly insulated … from their performance or are highly risk averse mandatory prosecution is better than selective prosecution. This result … has important implications for comparative law since mandatory prosecution generally prevails in civil law jurisdictions …

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Political connections and SEC enforcement

Correia, Maria M. - In: Journal of Accounting and Economics 57 (2014) 2, pp. 241-262

In this study, I examine whether firms and executives with long-term political connections through contributions and lobbying incur lower costs from the enforcement actions by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). I find that politically connected firms on average are less likely to be...

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How real is the threat of imprisonment for environmental crime?

Billiet, Carole; Rousseau, Sandra - In: European Journal of Law and Economics 37 (2014) 2, pp. 183-198

countries, but focuses on detailed data for criminal prosecution of environmental legislation in Flanders (Belgium) between 2003 …

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Rhetorical Strategy in Forensic Speeches: Multidimensional Statistics-Based Methodology

Bécue-Bertaut, Mónica; Kostov, Belchin; Morin, Annie; … - In: Journal of Classification 31 (2014) 1, pp. 85-106

Rhetorical strategy is relevant in the law domain, where language is a vital instrument. Textual statistics have much to offer for uncovering such a strategy. We propose a methodology that starts from a non-structured text; first, the breakpoints are automatically detected and lexically...

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Rights and judicial independence

Yazaki, Yukihiro - In: Economics of governance 15 (2014) 2, pp. 179-201

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