This paper studies the effects of changes in states’ scope of practice laws (SOP) for advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) on individual labor supply decisions. Restrictive SOP impose costs and other barriers to practice that may affect these decisions. Using survey data on APRNs, we...

This report discusses cash bail reforms that have occurred in the United States and provides key considerations for people interested in implementing bail reforms in their jurisdiction. Based on a landscape analysis of bail reforms across all 50 states, we identify the four main actors who take...

This paper discusses the issue of negligent rape and liability for unreasonable belief in the victim`s consent in the context of Croatian criminal law. Modern rape law presents many challenges to both lawmakers and judges, with criminalizing negligence being only one of those challenges. This...

Legal change, whether through legislation, regulation, or court decision, is a common phenomenon, and virtually all reform creates both gains and losses for those who under the prior regime took actions that would have lasting effects. This article offers a conceptual framework for assessing the...

The introduction of the W-salaries and the junior professorship through the amendment of the University Framework Act 2002 is viewed critically, both from the perspective of that time and in retrospect.

This paper studies the effects of changes in states' scope of practice laws (SOP) for advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) on individual labor supply decisions. Restrictive SOP impose costs and other barriers to practice that may affect these decisions. Using survey data on APRNs, we...

How does the publication of patents affect innovation? To answer this question, we exploit a large-scale natural experiment — the passage of the American Inventor's Protection Act (AIPA) — that accelerated the public disclosure of most patents in the U.S. by two years. After the passage of...

1. Purpose: Analyzing the Validity of the Insolvency Law Model -- 2. Overview of Insolvency Law Theories and Contexts -- 3. Methodological Framework -- 4. Vietnam -- 5. Laos -- 6. Myanmar -- 7. Introduction -- 8. Colonial Insolvency Regime in Present Time -- 9. Corporate Insolvency in Practice...

How does the publication of patents affect innovation? We answer this question by exploiting a large-scale natural experiment--the passage of the American Inventor's Protection Act of 1999 (AIPA)--that accelerated the public disclosure of most U.S. patents by two years. We obtain causal...

Housing is one of the areas where it may be most critical for poor people to have access to legal representation in civil cases. We study the roll-out of New York City's Universal Access to Counsel program (UA), using detailed address-level housing court data from 2016 to 2019. The program,...

Countries are not equally developed in large part because most countries face sets of property rights that do not foster growth despite the aggregate gains that would result from changing property rights. The difference in rents to society between the extant set of property rights and some...

Neben einer rechtlichen Einordnung sogenannter Erstreckungsmechanismen wurden hierzu soziologische und ökonomische Forschungsarbeiten ausgewertet und um qualitative Ergebnisse aus Experteninterviews ergänzt. Es zeigt sich, dass die 2014er-Reform bisher nicht zu mehr...

Dieser Beitrag diskutiert die Einführung eines Wahlrechts für Minderjährige, das durch deren Erziehungsberechtigte bis zur Volljährigkeit ausgeübt wird (stellvertretendes Elternwahlrecht). Das deutsche Wahlvolk würde sich so um etwa 12 Millionen Wahlberechtigte vergrößern. Der mittlere...

"Public procurement affects a substantial share of world trade flows, amounting to 1000 billion euros per year. In the EU, the public purchase of works, goods and services has been estimated to account on average for 16% of GDP. The novelty of this book is that it focuses on the new European...

China’s massive law reform program was originally driven by its “open door” policies and has been sustained by WTO accession and internationalisation. These reforms, in combination with franchise specific laws, have both legitimised and facilitated the development of a franchise sector in...