The Rule of Law and Constitutionalism in Muslim Countries
JERG GUTMAN, STEFAN VOIGT PUBLIC CHOICE (2015). ADVANCED ONLINE PUBLICATION. 10.1007/s11127-015-0237-z Abstract: Recently, several Muslim countries have ratified new constitutions. In this paper, we...
View ArticleThe Constitution of Economic Liberty in Hong Kong
ERIC C. LP CONSTITUTIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY (2015). ADVANCED ONLINE PUBLICATION. DOI 10.1007/s10602-015-9187-1 Abstract: The constitutional foundations of economic liberty in Hong Kong, the freest...
View ArticleIncompatible Institutions: Socialism Versus Constitutionalism in India
SHRUTI RAJAGOPALAN CONSTITUTIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY (2015). ADVANCED ONLINE PUBLICATION. DOI 10.1007/s10602-015-9188-0 Abstract: There has been a decline in rule of law in India, reflected in the...
View ArticleDoes the Endowment Effect Justify Legal Intervention? The Debiasing Effect of...
JENNIFER ARLEN AND STEPHAN TONTRUP THE JOURNAL OF LEGAL STUDIES 44.1 (2015): 143-182 Abstract: We claim that the endowment effect rarely justifies legal intervention in private ordering. We present the...
View ArticleLibertarianism and the Charitable Tax Subsidies
MIRANDA FLEISCHER BOSTON COLLEGE LAW REVIEW 56 (Forthcoming 2015) Abstract: Tax scholarship is largely silent about the interaction between libertarian principles and the structure of our tax system....
View ArticlePolitical Entrenchment and Public Law
DARYL J. LEVINSON, BENJAMIN I. SACHS YALE LAW JOURNAL (Forthcoming 2015) Abstract: Courts and legal scholars have long been concerned with the problem of “entrenchment” — the ways that incumbents...
View ArticleAgainst ‘Permanent Sovereignty’ Over Natural Resources
CHRIS ARMSTRONG POLITICS, PHILOSOPHY AND ECONOMICS 14.2 (2015): 129-151 Abstract: The doctrine of permanent sovereignty over natural resources is a hugely consequential one in the contemporary world,...
View ArticleSource Cues and Public Support for the Supreme Court
TOM S. CLARK, JONATHAN P. KASTELLEC AMERICAN POLITICS RESEARCH 43.3 (2015): 504-535 Abstract: It is well known that the public often relies on cues or heuristics when forming opinions. At the same...
View ArticleShould Civil Liberties Have Strict Priority?
RYAN PEVNICK LAW AND PHILOSOPHY (2015). ADVANCED ONLINE PUBLICATION. DOI 10.1007/s10982-015-9233-1 Abstract: Many political controversies involve conflicts between civil liberties and other important...
View ArticleComplexity and Technocracy: The Hayekian Critique of Neoclassical Law &...
BRUNO CARVALHO DANTAS JOURNAL DE ECONOMISTES ET DES ETUDES HUMAINES (2015). DOI 10.1515/JEEH-2014-0018 Abstract: This essay will employ theoretical tools from the Austrian school of economics in order...
View ArticleBruno Leoni’s Legacy and Continued Relevance
TODD ZYWICKI THE JOURNAL OF PRIVATE ENTERPRISE 30.1 (2015): 131-141 Abstract: In his famous book Freedom and the Law, originally published in 1961, Italian lawyer and economist Bruno Leoni asked...
View ArticleThe Social Benefits of Protecting Hate Speech and Exposing Sources of Prejudice
MARCUS SCHULZKE RES PUBLICA (2015). ADVANCED ONLINE PUBLICATION. DOI10.1007/s11158-015-9282-1 Abstract: I argue that there are strong consequentialist grounds for thinking that hate speech should be...
View ArticleCoercion in Cross-Border Property Rights
LEIF WENAR SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY AND POLICY 32.1 (2015): 171-191 Abstract: A global market exists only because all states have chosen to converge on rules that coordinate property rights. For property...
View ArticleReligious Culture and Customary Legal Tradition: Historical Foundations of...
LEONARD P. LIGGIO JOURNAL DE ECONOMISTES ET DES ETUDES HUMAINES 21.1-2 (2015): 33-66 Abstract: This paper traces back the sources of our present legal system and of market economy to Medieval Europe...
View ArticleLiberties of Press and Speech: ‘Evidence Does Not Exist To Contradict the …...
WENDELL BIRD OXFORD JOURNAL OF LEGAL STUDIES 36.1 (2016) : 1-25 Abstract: This article reevaluates the understanding of freedoms of press and speech that existed when Blackstone claimed to summarise...
View ArticleInformation Libertarianism
JANE R. BAMBAUR, DEREK E. BAMBAUR CALIFORNIA LAW REVIEW 105 (2016) Abstract: Recent First Amendment precedent is widely attacked as unprincipled: a deregulatory judicial agenda disguised as free speech...
View ArticleThe Political Economy of Moral Conflict: An Empirical Study of Learning and...
CAMILO GARCÍA-JIMENO ECONOMETRICA 84.2 (2016): 511-570 Abstract: The U.S. Prohibition experience shows a remarkable policy reversal. In only 14 years, a drastic shift in public opinion required two...
View ArticleEntrepreneurship and Institutional Change. The Case of Surrogate Motherhood
PAVEL KUCHAR JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY ECONOMICS 26.2 (2015): 349-379 Abstract: Entrepreneurs do more than just buy low and sell high; they sometimes also change our institutions, including our...
View ArticleDon’t Eat the Brown Acid: Induced ‘Malnovation’ in Drug Markets
AUDREY REDFORD THE REVIEW OF AUSTRIAN ECONOMICS (2016). ADVANCED ONLINE PUBLICATION. DOI10.1007/s11138-016-0341-4 Abstract: Title II, the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), of the Comprehensive Drug...
View ArticleWhat Makes Law to Change Behavior? An Experimental Study
RUSTAM ROMANIUC REVIEW OF LAW & ECONOMICS (2016). ADVANCED ONLINE PUBLICATION DOI: 10.1515/rle-2015-0045. Abstract: The use of mild laws to affect people’s behavior is pervasive – from...
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