Personal freedom is highly valued by many and a central element of liberal political philosophy. Although personal … freedom is frequently associated with electoral democracy, developments in countries such as Hungary, Poland, Turkey and … envisaged unequivocal guarantor of freedom. Instead, an independent judicial system, insulated from everyday politics, might …

Academic freedom is a cornerstone of modern academic life. It is not only implied by basic liberal principles but also … scholarly pursuits are, and to that end, we ask whether economic freedom can help explain variation in academic freedom across … countries. In our case, relating the Economic Freedom of the World index and its five areas to V-Dem's index of academic freedom …

Much political conflict in the world revolves around the issue of how much freedom to accord people. Liberal … of legally guaranteed freedom to lead their lives as they see fit. However, it is not known whether legal freedom … suffices to make people satisfied with freedom. Our study explores that issue by relating seven indicators of legal freedom to …

We investigate empirically how electoral democracy and judicial independence relate to personal freedom. While judicial … independence is positively and robustly related to personal freedom in all its forms, electoral democracy displays a robust …, positive relationship with only two out of seven types of personal freedom (freedom of association, assembly and civil society …

Personal freedom is highly valued by many and a central element of liberal political philosophy. Although personal … freedom is frequently associated with electoral democracy, developments in countries such as Hungary, Poland, Turkey and … envisaged unequivocal guarantor of freedom. Instead, an independent judicial system, insulated from everyday politics, might …

economic freedom (i.e., lower government expenditures, lower and more general taxes and more modest regulation) on tolerance in …, positively related to preceding increases in economic freedom, more specifically in the form of more general taxes. We suggest …

There is scant systematic empirical evidence on what explains variation in academic freedom. Making use of a new … indicator and panel data covering 64 countries 1960-2017, we investigate how de facto academic freedom is affected by, in …. Legislatures that are bicameral are associated with more academic freedom, while legislatures that become more diverse and more …