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Corruption Accusations and Bureaucratic Performance: Evidence from Pakistan

open access: yesEconomics: Journal Articles, 2021
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

open access: yesJournal of Empirical Legal Studies, Volume 23, Issue 3, Page 359-378, September 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Plea bargaining made real /

open access: yes, 2022
"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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The role of defendant race, expert testimony and interrogation coerciveness on Canadian mock jurors' perceptions of recanted confessions

open access: yesLegal and Criminological Psychology, Volume 31, Issue 2, Page 376-398, September 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Plea bargaining i praksis : Undersøkelse av plea bargaining i Trondheim [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
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

open access: yes, 2022
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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Plea bargaining as a third route of criminal law in the fight against organized administrative corruption

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Direito Processual Penal, 2017
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
doaj   +1 more source

“I Wish I Had Better Answers”: Organizational Ignorance in US Criminal Courts

open access: yesSociological Forum, Volume 41, Issue 3, Page 396-411, September 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Plea Bargain Law and the Fight Against Corruption in Nigeria: Between Punishment and Protection

open access: yesInternational Studies Journal, 2023
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

open access: yesRevista de Ciências Jurídicas e Sociais da UNIPAR, 2018
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
doaj   +1 more source

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