This review sets out four main explanatory paradigms of penal policy—focusing on, in turn,
crime, cultural dynamics, economic structures and interests, and institutional differences in …

In examining how laws and legal institutions move across jurisdictions, comparative law
scholars have employed the metaphor of a legal transplant to conceptualize both the …

Comparative scholarship on judicial review has paid a lot of attention to the causal impact of
politics on judicial decision-making. However, the slower-moving, macro-social process …

Political transitions from authoritarian rule may lead to a process of court reform. Indeed,
court reform has been a central pillar of the law and development movement since the …

The German sociologist Norbert Elias developed a wide-ranging sociological analysis of the
interconnections between processes of state formation, institutional dynamics, and …

In this paper, we contribute to the literature on institutional determinants of IPO valuation. We
introduce the concept of 'legal signalling', which focuses on the perception of the quality of …

" Like many other post-colonial states, Pakistan's political system has experienced
domination by its military and other political power centres have needed to define their roles …

In seinem bekannten Aufsatz zur „herrschenden Meinung “in der Rechtswissenschaft aus
den 1980er Jahren erzählt Uwe Wesel die Vorgeschichte einer Entscheidung des …

Law and policy differences help explain why, as HIV-related science has advanced swiftly,
some countries have realised remarkable progress on AIDS while others see expanding …

Criminal defence at the investigative stage has attracted growing attention due to the shifting
focus of the criminal process onto pre-trial stages, and the recent European regulations …