Business groups in emerging markets perform better than unaffiliated firms. One explanation is that business groups substitute some functions of missing institutions, for example, enforcing contracts. We investigate this by setting up a model where firms within the business group are connected...

The House of Lords judgment in Inntrepreneur v Crehan, where the court did not consider itself bound by a finding of the European Commission, demonstrated the potentially contentious and constitutionally significant nature of the relationship between the European Commission and national judges...

The objective of this paper is to present the Brazilian migration experience and its relationship with migration management. The article is divided into three parts. First, it reviews some basic facts regarding Brazilian immigration and emigration processes. Second, it focuses on some policy and...

Increased energy efficiency constitutes an important component of the package of policies and measures necessary to comply with the Kyoto Protocol and should be a part of any policy package aiming at further undertaken commitments’ accomplishment.

From 2010 through 2014, the Supreme Court issued thirteen class action decisions. With no new class action decisions on the immediate horizon, this article takes stock of what these decisions mean for federal class practice. These cases include some very good news for plaintiffs. Indeed, federal...

Nearly 12 million undocumented immigrants currently live in the United States. Seemingly not a day goes by where the press does not cover immigration and immigrant issues. These articles discuss everything from the day-to-day experiences of undocumented immigrants in Alabama or Arizona, to the...

In the present paper the development of corporate governance in Central Europe and Russia is compared. All these countries understand the importance of good corporate governance in the economic reforms and its role for companies. The focus of this paper is directed at the necessity of including...

Antitrust law provides treble damages for victims of antitrust violations, but the vast majority of private cases settle. The average or median size of these settlements relative to the overcharges involved has, until now, been only the subject of anecdotes or speculation. To ascertain what we...

Balancing the protection of private business interests against governmental regulation is one of the most significant legal frictions of the modern era. Over the course of the past twenty-eight months, this conflict has manifested itself through a federal sports gambling lawsuit involving New...