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Widespread agreement has existed for centuries that a free press is essential to democracy. But legal scholars have spent almost no effort thinking about why el

This article reconsiders the limits of judicial power to interpret legislation. It is said that Australian courts have no power to choose the meaning of legisla

In recent years, the Supreme Court has issued blockbuster decisions on gun rights, the Affordable Care Act, same-sex marriage, abortion, affirmative action,

Alemanno, Alberto, The EU Interinstitutional Body for Ethical Standards:
A Legal and Policy Analysis
(February 16, 2025). European Law Journal, 0[10.1111/eulj.12532], Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5139999 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5139999

Alharbi, Mohammed, Creating Domestic Legal Frameworks on International Crimes: Case Studies of France, Iraq, United Kingdom and United States (February 08, 2025). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5129094 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5129094

This systematic literature review examines AI transparency laws and governance in the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK) through a socio-legal lens

This article reports on two original empirical studies of the quantitative readability of Canadian court decisions, across court levels and across legal subject

Recent Australian public law scholarship has demonstrated an increasing interest in the theme of constitutional values. In the current paper I seek to clarify t

U.S. courts have long recognized that certain civil cases should not be litigated in the United States. Even when a U.S. court has jurisdiction, a case may stil

This chapter surveys Chinese constitutional developments in the first quarter of the twenty-first century. This period corresponds roughly with the tenure of Hu

International courts operate under scrutiny and are often on the receiving end of criticism from states. Insights from the judicial behavior literature suggest

The subject of stare decisis has occupied considerable scholarly attention over the years, so much so that one could fill a small log cabin with its pages. Yet

This article advocates the codification of the law of evidence in Canada so as to limit its present dependence upon case law development—it contains a proposed

Should more judges have technical and scientific educations than is currently prevalent in the federal judiciary? This empirical study of the educational backgr

Criminal (or penal) law regulates offenses, offenders, and legal punishments. Modeling criminal law is gaining much attention in the ontology engineer…

Little is known about the extent to which readability differences exist between opinions written by different apex court judges, or about the potential biograph

Dyevre, Arthur and Rodilla Lazaro, Andreu, Ideological Polarization on Constitutional Courts: Evidence from Spain (February 04, 2025). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5124478 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5124478

Albert, Richard, How Constitutions Die (February 17, 2025). U of Texas Law, Legal Studies Research Paper, 77 Florida Law Review (forthcoming 2025), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5140635 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5140635