This chapter presents a public choice theory of criminal procedure. The core idea is that criminal procedure is best understood as a set of rules designed to thwart attempts to use the state's law enforcement power in a predatory fashion or in order to transfer wealth generally. For the most...

In this paper we provide an economic justification for the pro-defendant bias in American Criminal Procedure that we argue paints a more complete picture of the extent and breadth of these pro-defendant procedures than the most commonly forwarded justifications to date. The most commonly...

In 2009, India witnessed the unprecedented exodus of over 500 independent directors from its corporate boards. These mass resignations, triggered in large part by events at Satyam Computer Services and Nagarjuna Finance, focused the spotlight on the role and responsibilities of India's...

Considerable attention has been focused on corporate governance ratings. These ratings have become even more important as a number of recent studies have found positive associations between better corporate governance and firm market value, firm performance, and other indicia of interest....