State bar licensing authorities and law schools have been debating whether the passing score on the bar exam is set at the right level or should be lowered. Much of the debate centers on generalizations without evidence about the effect that changes to the bar exam may have.We present data...

With the intricacy that the taxation laws of India presents and the overburdening of the High Courts, there was a need for a specialized tribunal to hear over matters pertaining to tax disputes. Due to this the National Tax Tribunal Act, 2005 was established by the Parliament under Article 323B...

This article discusses ways in which the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and post-GATS free trade agreements may limit the EU's ability to regulate privacy and personal data protection as fundamental rights. After discussing this issue in two dimensions – the vertical...

Portuguese Abstract: O presente artigo busca trazer a debate a questão das assimetrias tarifárias no âmbito da energia elétrica no Brasil, que dizem respeito à existência de tarifas mais caras nas regiões menos desenvolvidas do país. Para investigação desse tema, o presente trabalho...

This article addresses the role of nonenforcement through examples of how regulators have succeeded (and not) in managing the exponential increase in commercial ownership and use of “smart,” autonomous, and optionally piloted flying devices. In doing so, this article appraises UAS regulatory...

As businesses and other entities have sought to collect more personal data on individuals, the public has pushed back, and lawmakers throughout the United States and elsewhere have responded by passing data protection laws. Recent data protection laws passed by the European Union and by several...

Recently, critics of the administrative state have been urging Congress to reassert itself and rein in regulatory action that they maintain is both undesirable as a matter of policy and in violation of constitutional principles. This anti-regulatory position is unwarranted. While regulatory...

Variable intensity or standards of review is an issue that has long vexed many Commonwealth courts and commentators. New Zealand is no exception, and a rigorous debate about the desirability of a structured approach to variable intensity of review has taken place in that jurisdiction for over a...

This paper considers the successful application for judicial review in Great Christchurch Buildings Trust v Church Property Trustees and the worrying effects of this decision upon New Zealand law. The paper concludes that, in holding that sufficient public interest will justify circumvention of...

Debarment (also referred to as disqualification, exclusion, suspension or blacklisting) is a mechanism used by governments and organizations to exclude entities from participating in public contracts or otherwise accessing public funds. Many countries debar entities found to have engaged in...