Social Network Analysis has a growing influence on legal scholarship. By investigating social connections between individuals or institutions, hypotheses about their behavior can be raised and tested. One of the key debates in Social Network Analysis is whether interactions within the network...

The modernization of the Saudi arbitration environment is more in line with modern international norms of commercial arbitration rules, embodying several “arbitration friendly” principles of the UNCITRAL Model Law, such as competence-competence and the autonomy of the arbitrating parties....

This article considers, on the one hand, the legislative and judicial framework on intermediary liability and remedies (injunctions) that can be sought against them and, on the other hand, the national implementations and judicial interpretations of relevant provisions. Despite the harmonising...

This paper describes a project to transform municipal misdemeanor courts in small claims courts, in order to facilitate the management of conflicts that usually fail to enter the courtroom. The project reported here also proposes the opening of centers of justice in neighborhoods where specially...

We extend the analysis of optimal self-reporting schemes to situations like corruption where two individuals are required for a criminal act. This leads to strategic interactions in the self-reporting stage, because the fine can be made dependent on whether the accomplice self-reports or not....

We model the litigation of a contract containing a variable not observable by courts, hence non verifiable, unless the rational and self-interested judge exerts effort. He values the correct ruling but dislikes effort. Judicial effort is discretionary. We show that effort cost is...

Most legal professionals have come across the term “blockchain” or “bitcoin” through client interaction, formal training or news updates. The topic has also been covered by industry publications, websites, magazines and journals which helpfully explain what a blockchain is, what it does...

We conduct a field experiment to examine whether the deterrent effect of law enforcement depends on the salience of law enforcement activity. Our focus is on illegal disposal of household garbage in residential areas. At a random subset of 56 locations in a mid-sized city, law enforcement...

The US is the only advanced country that expects victims of wage theft or discrimination to sue in courts of general jurisdiction, as it lacks labor courts or administrative agencies with power to compel remedies. This omission is intentional. Both the Fair Labor Standards Act (1938) and Title...