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Legal Iconography and Painting Constitutional Law
Mirow, M. C. - 2020
Predominantly a European phenomenon, the study of legal iconography has expanded to the common law world and informed approaches to Anglo-American legal development. European painting, sculptures, and other artwork were used in forensic settings to channel behavior of judges, lawyers, and...
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Legal and constitutional disputes and the Philippine economy
Sicat, Gerardo P. (contributor) - 2007
The Philippines became independent in 1946 but its legal and constitutional framework was erected in the 1935 … Constitution. The 1987 Constitution did little to change these provisions in the midst of economic reforms that were undertaken to … constitution have played the role of iron economic laws because of their relative permanence in the legal framework. These …
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Lawmaking as an endogenous process (Law and economics)
Espinosa, Romain - In: CESifo economic studies : CESifo, a joint initiative of … 60 (2014) 3, pp. 463-489
Although democracy is today the most common form of government, the Law and Economics literature has neglected for a long time the role of social preferences in lawmaking. This article aims at capturing the endogenous process of lawmaking: in democracies, people partly determine the law they...
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Judges as fiscal activists : can constitutional review shape public finance?
Kantorowicz, Jarosław - In: Danube : law and economics review 5 (2014) 2, pp. 79-104
The judicialization of politics, or alternatively, politization of the judiciary has been much discussed over the last twenty years. Despite this, the way judges influence fiscal policy outcomes remains, to a large extent, unexplored. This paper attempts, at least partially, to fill this...
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The role of constitutions on poverty : a cross-national investigation
Minkler, Lanse; Prakash, Nishith - 2015
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The role of constitutions on poverty : a cross-national investigation
Minkler, Lanse; Prakash, Nishith - 2015
In this paper we use novel historical data on economics and social rights from the constitutions of 201 countries and an instrument variable strategy to answer two important questions. First, do economic and social rights provisions in constitutions reduce poverty? Second, does the strength of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010488146
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Legal Institutionalism : Capitalism and the Constitutive Role of Law
Deakin, Simon - 2017
Social scientists have paid insufficient attention to the role of law in constituting the economic institutions of capitalism. Part of this neglect emanates from inadequate conceptions of the nature of law itself. Spontaneous conceptions of law and property rights that downplay the role of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971812
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Constitutional Castaways : Poverty and the Mclachlin Court
Jackman, Martha - 2015
The author argues that the Supreme Court has not fulfilled the expectations of marginalized groups that government action and inaction would be subject to Canadian Charter scrutiny. Instead it has perpetuated exclusion, disadvantage and discrimination against the poor. By exploring the few...
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Judicial activism contributing to the understanding of social state principle(s) : Constitutional Court of Slovenia at the crossroads
Brezovar, Nejc - In: Danube : law and economics review 8 (2017) 1, pp. 19-30
The abstract nature of Constitutional principles, such as the social state principle, requires further interpretation to determine their concrete substance. Their realization is primarily the duty of politics and the legislator. Yet the Constitutional Courts can substantially contribute to...
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The role of constitutions on poverty : a cross-national investigation
Minkler, Lanse; Prakash, Nishith - In: Journal of comparative economics : the journal of the … 45 (2017) 3, pp. 563-581
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