Review of Benjamin Kelly, Petitions, Litigation, and Social Control in Roman Egypt (Oxford 2011)
, 2013 J. F. Dillon
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Contract Enforcement, Litigation, and Economic Development [PDF]
This paper introduces a model of litigation in a growth framework. Investors use litigation to enforce their financial contracts with entrepreneurs. A contest ensues in which both agents hire lawyers to increase their probability of winning the trial ...
Massenot Baptiste
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De Stupro: First Insights on Rape and Its Prosecution in Maltese Courts (1701–10)
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.Abstract This article constitutes a first in‐depth investigation of rape and the prosecution of this crime in early eighteenth‐century Malta. The research, which is based on sixteen rape accusations claimed at the secular courts in Malta between 1701 and 1710, has analysed cases categorized as ‘simple rape’, ‘violent rape’ and rape committed under the ...
Vanessa Buhagiar
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Medicolegal litigation in general surgery: a comparison between England and the United States. [PDF]
Health Res Policy SystNebo V +5 more
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Sanctions, National Security, and Free Speech
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A fundamental, but largely overlooked, aspect of the New Washington Consensus is the use of national security arguments to restrict speech and punish disfavored speakers. Although the United States has a longer history of using sanctions to restrict speech in the terrorism context, it has recently applied sanctions to restrict political speech,
Joshua Andresen
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Litigation meets evidence: a novel approach to understanding preventable complications in breast reconstruction. [PDF]
BMC SurgKang D, Hong SE.
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Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Philip Morris lawsuits against Australia and Uruguay in the early 2010s highlighted the need to reform international investment agreement (IIA) practices to ensure that governments do not give up their regulatory autonomy for foreign investment. We undertook a policy analysis to reveal how interests, ideas and institutions shaped reform in
Dori Patay +3 more
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Dispute resolution in China: A test of black's theory of legal behavior. [PDF]
PLoS OneMao K, Xia Y.
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The Costs of the Public Trust Doctrine in Environmental Protection and Natural Resource Conservation [PDF]
We examine the costs of the public trust doctrine in environmental and natural resource protection and conservation. We provide a model of litigation and settlement among disputing parties where the doctrine is applied. The model suggests that use of the
Gary Libecap, Jedidiah Brewer
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Evidence About Discipline Committees and Professional Misconduct of Auditors*,‡
Accounting Perspectives, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Self‐regulating professions establish professional discipline processes to determine whether members' behavior falls short of expectations outlined in their respective codes of conduct and to determine appropriate sanctions when necessary. From an auditing perspective, audit quality is of primary interest to audit researchers, yet few prior ...
Devan Mescall +2 more
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