Accepting the argument made by Manne, Epstein and others that firms wishing to allow their employees to insider trade should be permitted to do so, this article shows that there is still a crucial role for government in regulating insider trading. In particular, allowing employees to profit by...

Can artificial intelligence, in particular, machine learning algorithms, replace the idea of simple rules, such as first possession and voluntary exchange in free markets, as a foundation for public policy? This paper argues that the preponderance of the evidence sides with the interpretation...

This book examines the concept of ‘development’ from alternative perspectives and analyzes how different approaches influence law. ‘Sustainable development’ focuses on balancing economic progress, environmental protection, individual rights, and collective interests. It requires a...

This paper evaluates the effects of the War on Poverty's Legal Services Program (LSP) on family structure and welfare participation. LSPs provided subsidized legal assistance to poor communities, focusing on divorce and welfare access. We use a difference-in-differences research design based on...

This paper evaluates the effects of the War on Poverty's Legal Services Program (LSP) on family structure and welfare participation. LSPs provided subsidized legal assistance to poor communities, focusing on divorce and welfare access. We use a difference-in-differences research design based on...

This article explores whether legal empowerment can address horizontal inequalities in post-conflict settings, and if so, how. It argues that legal empowerment has modest potential to reduce these inequalities but that there are risks of strengthening group identities, reducing social cohesion,...

In academic circles, there are now a myriad of proposals for reform of Chapter 11 of the U.S. bankruptcy law. Many of these proposals call for the replacement of Chapter 11 with market-oriented alternatives, including in some cases, auction of insolvent, publicly held companies. Auctions in...

Innovation is of critical value in the modern global economy, as it performs several important economic functions. The first is related to supporting the sustainability of socio-economic systems, preventing the emergence of crises and, if they do occur, providing solutions to overcome their...

Portugal has embarked on an ambitious agenda to guide the transformation of the justice sector. The report takes stock of the Portugal's justice sector modernisaton reforms and more current efforts to make the justice sector more transparent, accessible and effective. It examines specific...

Introduction -- Part I CONCEPTUALIZING DEVELOPMENT -- Tomáš Gábriš, “Law and Development” in the Light of Philosophy of (Legal) History -- Christine Mengès le Pape, Populorum Progressio, Development and Law? -- Flavio Felice, Luca Sandonà, Luigi Sturzo’s Socio-Economic Development...

This report offers an empirical tool to help planners, statisticians, policy makers and advocates understand people's everyday legal problems and experience with the justice system. It sets out a framework for the conceptualisation, implementation and analysis of legal needs surveys and is...

This article sketches, conceptually and empirically, the nature and magnitude of the economic gains associated with the impact of legal reform covering the financing of commercial aircraft and aircraft engines as contemplated by the proposed UNIDROIT Convention on International Interests in...

Since the Centros decision of the European Court of Justice in 1999, the regime of corporate laws in Europe has evolved in a fundamental way. Although it is rather incomplete and imperfect, a two-level system of corporate laws has emerged. It is characterized by a considerable degree of free...

Рассмотрены на основе анализа конституционных и земельно-правовых норм федерального законодательства и норм законодательства субъектов Российской Федерации...

На основе анализа конституционных и земельно-правовых норм федерального законодательства и норм законодательства субъектов Российской Федерации в статье...

Rational choice approaches to customary international law have gained in prominence in recent years. Although becoming increasingly sophisticated, they are not able to explain all phenomena of customary international law. This contribution claims that there are two different types of unwritten...