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Economic Growth and Judicial Independence, a Dozen Years On: Cross-Country Evidence Using an Updated Set of Indicators
Voigt, Stefan; Gutmann, Jerg; Feld, Lars P. - CESifo - 2014
Over 10 years ago, Feld and Voigt (2003) introduced the first indicator for objectively meas-uring the actual independence of the judiciary and demonstrated its utility in a large cross-section of countries. The indicator has been widely used, but also criticized. This paper pre-sents more...
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THE CONTROL OF CONSTITUTIONALITY BETWEEN NATIONAL LEGISLATION AND THE PROCEDURE IN FRONT OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE
TOMUS, Alexandrina Camelia - In: Curentul Juridic, The Juridical Current, Le Courant … 57 (2014) June, pp. 28-39
La Constitution représente la loi fondamentale de l`état Roumain, loi qui porte sur les principes générales d … Constitution de la Roumanie, révisé en 2003, statue que: «La Cour Constitutionnelle est le garant de la suprématie de la … Constitution». Aucune autre autorité publique ne peut se prononcer, avec valeur de décision obligatoire ou exécutoire, en ce qui …
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Islamic constitutionalism and rule of law: a constitutional economics perspective
Gouda, Moamen - In: Constitutional Political Economy 24 (2013) 1, pp. 57-85
respected Sunni religious institutions in the world, developed a model of an Islamic constitution. This study uses Al …-Azhar’s constitution as a model of Islamic constitutionalism and examines its stance in regard to the rule of law. We find the Al …-Azhar’s constitution to be incompatible with essential concepts of rule of law. For example, the powers vested in the head of the Islamic …
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Bargaining on law and bureaucracies: A constitutional theory of development
Sgard, Jérôme; Schemeil, Yves; Brousseau, Eric - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2010
The process of development is linked to the rise of an integrated and competitive economy and polity that allow a maximal division of labor and innovation. This process relies on two intertwined dynamics. First, in the establishment of the rule of law, legal instruments are appropriated by those...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010706831
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Money and the Adoption of the U.S. Constitution
Thies, Clifford F. - In: Journal of Private Enterprise 20 (2005) Spring 2005, pp. 148-165
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Direkte Demokratie und Menschenrechte
Kirchgässner, Gebhard - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2009
There is a basic tension between the principle of democracy and the rule of law. This becomes obvious whenever the Swiss citizens accept an initiative that is incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights. First, we discuss the traditions behind these two principles before we survey...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005042253
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Direkte Demokratie und Menschenrechte
Kirchgässner, Gebhard - School of Economics and Political Science, Universität … - 2009
There is a basic tension between the principle of democracy and the rule of law. This becomes obvious whenever the Swiss citizens accept an initiative that is incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights. First, we discuss the traditions behind these two principles before we survey...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005082615
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Rule of Law, Legal Development and Economic Growth: Perspectives for Pakistan
Hasan, Lubna - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
has, therefore, become a standard advice from the developing community. Pakistan, too, has witnessed a surge in demand for … economic growth in Pakistan. It finds significant impediments for growth and market development due to legal shortcomings in … the case of Pakistan. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008674249
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The constitution of economic growth: Testing the prosperity effects of a Madisonian model on a panel of countries 1980‐2000
Justesen, Mogens K.; Kurrild-Klitgaard, Peter - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Political scientists and economists increasingly agree that institutions may influence economic growth, but there is little general agreement on what institutions tend to produce what consequences. We apply public choice insights for a theoretical analysis that may be termed “Madisonian”:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009421987
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The constitutional dilemma of European integration
Kurrild-Klitgaard, Peter - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1998
The paper analyzes European integration from a constitutional economics perspective. It is argued that the use of the Prisoners' Dilemma as a description of the advantages of European integration is fallacious. If the situation is a PD, the solution is impossible; if it is not, it is unnecessary.
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