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This chapter reviews theoretical and empirical research on the relationship between legal systems and innovation and culture and innovation. We highlight legal and cultural forces that encourage innovation activities, including strong patent protection, entrepreneur-friendly bankruptcy laws, and...
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“At the end of the day, the notion of a 'free market’ is a fiction. There is simply no such thing as a non-regulated market—a market that operates without legal, social and professional regulation. Those forms of regulation, including the criminal sanction, are precisely what distributes...
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forefront of the free trade movement in France and wrote a book, The Law, which has become a minor classic in the legal … on Bastiat’s economic and legal philosophy, which has been ignored by law and economics scholars.  …
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The paper identifies the rule of law, the carriers of institutional restructuring, and the prevailing informal rules in …
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discussions on the nature and the ends that the law must pursue. In his book The Law Bastiat shows how and why pursuing ends other … than justice (or the prevention of justice) ultimately leads to the perversion of the law and the fragmentation of society …
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.S. antitrust laws in a globalized world and the need for universal law are mentioned. The economic reasons used to rule in U …
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Abstract Political stability is an important precondition for economic development. While political stability cannot be created by laws alone, an effective legal framework for political governance, such as a constitution, can facilitate political stability. Political stability is not synonymous...
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Abstract This article excavates and analyses an early, feminist conversation about law that emerged from foundational … texts on Gender and Development (GAD). Rather than starting from current, law-heavy GAD practices, it goes backwards to see … what, if anything, some canonical texts published between 1970 and 1989 said about law. My aim is to offer an account of …
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The thesis of this paper is that transactions costs related to formation of nonprofit corporations are restraining the size of the nonprofit sector in Europe. An unfettered ability to incorporate is an important determinant of nonprofit formation. The point is illustrated with historical data...
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, countries at the forefront of this rapidly evolving area of taxation law, along with views expressed in the OECD's Transfer …
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