This paper examines one particular aspect of the Greek courts: the time they need to dispose cases. As an indirect measure for the time needed to dispose cases, we use the ratio of cases remaining at the end of the year to total cases introduced. Using this metric, we document a steady increase...

Economic analysis of law concerns predicting impacts of legislative rules on incentives and behaviour of individuals and judging social efficiency of alternative legislative rules. It applies price theory, welfare theory and public choice theory on creating and applying law. One of its main...

Neste artigo são abordados os determinantes econômicos e demográficos das taxas de homicídios abrangendo estados da federação no período de 1981 a 1996. As informações sócioeconômicas utilizadas são extraídas dos microdados de seis Pesquisas Nacional por Amostragem de Domicílios do...

Wrongful convictions may increase the level of crime over the ideal case of their absence. The problem of wrongful conviction is most serious in areas where crime is endemic and for certain groups of citizens who are stereotyped. State liability mitigates this problem; compensating the...

Spain is the Member State of the European Union whose public opinion is most in favour to exit the Eurozone. In this context, there is a growing social and political debate on this Number in this Member State. This paper analyses at a theoretical level the main economic and socio political...

Terrorism has emerged as a major threat to the contemporary society. Nation States are reliant on their counter-terrorism laws for checking terrorism and deterring terrorists. To understand the effectiveness of these counter terrorism laws, it is important to first understand the behaviour of...

Abstract : Abuse and neglect of older adults (« elder abuse ») has a significant impact on the lives of the individuals involved. At the same time, it has a broader social and economic cost. Many of these are « hidden costs » in the sense that the cause of the underlying problem is not...

Este artículo constata que en Colombia hoy se cuestiona la división de poderes clásica y que las altas Cortes, en especial la Corte Constitucional, tienden a impulsar las políticas públicas y a intervenir en su diseño y aplicación. Primero define qué es la política pública, y presenta...

The notion of a transnational law has been under dispute for several decades. After Philip Jessup in his widely-known Storrs Lecture on Jurisprudence at the Yale Law School had coined the phrase in 1956, it has been used in numerous contexts. One of the most influential narratives of...

The evolution of the legislative framework involves a permanent improvement of the previous measurements establishing, at the same time, certain “precise targets” upon which steps will be taken in conformity with the governing programs and strategies drawn up at the national level. In...