A substantial number of outside directors have experience in politics or government and in the private practice of law. We argue that, in part, these directors play a political role by providing advice and insight into the workings of government (or perhaps, by acting to influence the government...

From the neo-Weberian literature on state-building and the political sociology of the legal profession, one might expect government lawyers to be sheepdogs, nipping at the heels of straying administrators, supplying their agencies with the bureaucratic autonomy so often missing in American...

Die deutsche Konjunktur wird sich nach einem schwachen Winterhalbjahr im Verlauf des Jahres 2013 beleben. Darauf deutet das ifo Geschäftsklima hin, das sich in den vergangenen Monaten auf einem überdurchschnittlichen Niveau stabilisiert hat. Sofern die Eurokrise nicht erneut massiv eskaliert,...