We model the settlement of a legal dispute when the trial outcome depends on the behavior of a strategically motivated judge. A defendant, who is uninformed about the level of harm that he has caused, makes a take-it-or-leave-it offer to an informed plaintiff. If the parties cannot agree on a...

This paper presents an overview of legal framework of EU governing residence permits, employment pass and access to integration, describing the most frequent migration pathways employed by Bangladeshis in Italy. It discusses their migration trajectories, socio-demographic profile, the importance...

Can the market provide law enforcement? This paper addresses this question by examining an historical case-study: the system of private prosecutions that prevailed in England prior to the introduction of the police. Using a model of the market for crime, I examine why this system came under...

The article gives the level-metatheoretical investigation of methodological and organizational issues of the Russian doctrine of the civil law application as a special juridical tenet of the application of law at the present stage and in the concrete-historical retrospect.

This paper aims to conduct a comparative analysis of the evolution of financial systems in emerging countries and / or development. This comparative analysis is performed through the use of various techniques namely the principal component analysis and hierarchical clustering on a sample of 52...

The article gives a level-metatheoretical investigation of methodological-organizational issues of the Russian doctrine of application of civil laws as a special juridical tenet of application of law, at the present stage and in the concrete-historical retrospect. The article has an...

There is a debate regarding the impact of swing or independent voters in American politics. While some argue that swing voters either do not swing or have a marginal impact on campaigns, the decline in voter partisan identification and the rise of independents means that they have a potential...

Using cross sectional data from all 47 Counties in Kenya, the presence of contract breaches between the producers and chain intermediary node is investigated. Most farmers do not engage in contracting and for those who do, many of these contracts are found to be informal. In addition, most of...

With the election of an African American as President, many would think that the question of affirmative action and equal opportunity has been finally laid to rest in the United States. This perception may be true for the proponents of affirmative action, whom over the years believe that the...

The article systematizes features of the notion "civil law" which is defined in a wide philosophical-legal and in a narrow positive-juridical meanings. Legal contents of those features is analysed as well.