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Corruption Accusations and Bureaucratic Performance: Evidence from Pakistan
This study assesses the effectiveness of anti-corruption policies of Pakistan by relating the corruption of government officials to the actual and perceived bureaucratic hurdles faced by formal businesses.
Mazhar Ummad, Iftikhar Komal
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Sentencing in the Shadow of Promotion: The Impacts of Circuit Court Nomination on Federal Judges
ABSTRACT Judges seek to maximize their own utility, like everyone else. Their goals include job security and promotion. Federal judges lack the electoral incentives that often drive state judges, but they could audition for promotion. I test whether they audition for promotion in their criminal sentencing.
Nicholas Goldrosen
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"By looking at the motivations of the three critical parties to any plea bargain-the prosecutor, defense attorney/defendant, and the judge-Plea Bargaining Made Real explains why in the words of former Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, "criminal ...
Grossman, Steven P.,
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Abstract Purpose In some contexts, US‐based White jurors appear to exhibit a heightened focus on legally relevant information when the defendant is Black as compared to White. The current study tested this ‘watchdog’ effect in the Canadian context by examining mock jurors' decisions using a trial involving a recanted confession with an Indigenous or a ...
Logan Ewanation, Evelyn M. Maeder
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Plea bargaining i praksis : Undersøkelse av plea bargaining i Trondheim [PDF]
Oppgaven tar for seg plea bargaining i praksis med utgangspunkt i Trondheim. Oppgaven er basert på relevante rettskilder på området og intervjuer med forskjellige aktører i Trondheim tingrett og Frostating lagmannsrett, i tillegg til et intervju med Hans-
Midthjell, Kristin Bugge
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Plea bargaining Abstract This thesis deals with plea bargain in Czech legal system. Primary goal of this thesis is to analyse plea bargain in the Czech Republic de lege lata and to evaluate potential possibilities de lege ferenda.
Kolář, Ondřej
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The purpose of this article is to examine whether the plea bargaining in the context of “Lava Jato” Operation is adopting a third route of criminal law against administrative corruption, in which reparation of damages is established as one of the primary
Marcelo Rodrigues da Silva
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“I Wish I Had Better Answers”: Organizational Ignorance in US Criminal Courts
ABSTRACT Systems of monetary sanctions in US criminal courts present an opportunity for furthering the sociological understanding of complex and consequential organizations. We examine whether and how court actors across eight states understand the organizational processes supporting the fiscal logic of legal financial obligations (LFOs).
Sarah K. S. Shannon +3 more
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Plea Bargain Law and the Fight Against Corruption in Nigeria: Between Punishment and Protection
Corruption is endemic and it occurred virtually in all the facets of Nigerian life. Consequently, the inability of the plea bargain law to fight corruption holistically in order to enforce deterrence had resulted in increased corrupt cases as corrupt ...
Olowu Olagunju Folorunso Folorunso
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INSERÇÃO DA JUSTIÇA NEGOCIADA NO DIREITO PENAL BRASILEIRO: PLEA BARGAINING
Este trabalho tem por objetivo demonstrar que a situação do direito penal brasileiro deve ser modificada, porque o sistema não acompanha a evolução da sociedade, sendo necessária a implementação do direito penal voltado para a eficiência e para a ...
Danilo Kutianski Souza +1 more
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