Commentators have explored the Supreme Court's certiorari process in detail, examining the practice through doctrinal, historical, empirical, and even economic lenses. Similarly, a few commentators have attempted to analyze the relationship between the Supreme Court and the lower courts using...

Magna Carta, a pivotal moment in the emergence of constitutional government, institutionalised constraints on royal power. We depict it as an optimal agreement between two coalitions capable of violence: the king's loyal coalition of barons and the rebel barons. This type of agreement is more...