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Message Undeliverable: An Empirical Assessment of the (Un)Readability of Canadian Court Decisions by Mike Madden :: SSRNThis article reports on two original empirical studies of the quantitative readability of Canadian court decisions, across court levels and across legal subject
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A Constitution of Values? Principles and Values in the Commonwealth Constitution by George Duke :: SSRNRecent Australian public law scholarship has demonstrated an increasing interest in the theme of constitutional values. In the current paper I seek to clarify t
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Dangerous Foreign Courts by John F. Coyle :: SSRNU.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
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China's Constitutional Moment by Mark Jia :: SSRNThis chapter surveys Chinese constitutional developments in the first quarter of the twenty-first century. This period corresponds roughly with the tenure of Hu
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International Courts and Selective Restraint in Times of Backlash by Ezgi Yildiz, Umut Yüksel :: SSRNInternational courts operate under scrutiny and are often on the receiving end of criticism from states. Insights from the judicial behavior literature suggest
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Australasian Law in 1,000 Databases: The Evolution of AustLII by Andrew Mowbray, Philip Chung, Graham Greenleaf :: SSRN
Since 1995, the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) has provided national legal research infrastructure that is fundamental to the operation of t
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Vertical Stare Decisis by Vasan Kesavan :: SSRNThe 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
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Codifying The Law Of Evidence—From Stare Decisis Domination To Codifcation’s Innovation by Ken Chasse :: SSRNThis 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
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Scientific Educations Among U.S. Judges by Christa Laser :: SSRNShould more judges have technical and scientific educations than is currently prevalent in the federal judiciary? This empirical study of the educational backgr
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CriMOnto: A generalized domain-specific ontology for modeling procedural norms of the Lebanese criminal law - ScienceDirectCriminal (or penal) law regulates offenses, offenders, and legal punishments. Modeling criminal law is gaining much attention in the ontology engineer…
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The Worldwide Governance Indicators : Methodology and 2024 Update by Daniel Kaufmann, Aart Kraay :: SSRN
This paper provides an overview of the data sources and aggregation methodology for the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI). The WGI report six aggrega
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Judging Readability: A Study of Opinions by Apex-Court Judges from Australia, Canada, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States by Mike Madden :: SSRNLittle is known about the extent to which readability differences exist between opinions written by different apex court judges, or about the potential biograph
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Ideological Polarization on Constitutional Courts: Evidence from Spain by Arthur Dyevre, Andreu Rodilla Lazaro :: SSRNDyevre, 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
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How Constitutions Die by Richard Albert :: SSRNAlbert, 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
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The OSCE ODIHR Guideline on Democratic Law-making for Better Laws: a source of inspiration for strengthening democracy by T Drinóczi :: SSRN
On 16 January 2024, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE ODIHR) published its Guid
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Climate Change and Constitutional Overreach by Jonathan H. Adler :: SSRN
The failure of the political process to produce meaningful policies to mitigate the threat of climate change has encouraged aggressive and innovative litigation
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Lancement de la page web dédiée à la Convention européenne dans le domaine de l'information sur le droit étranger et à son Protocole additionnelUne page web visant à faciliter la mise en œuvre de la Convention
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Intellectual Property Crime Case-Law of National Courts 2025 | Eurojust | European Union Agency for Criminal Justice CooperationThis fourth edition of the case-law of national courts on intellectual property (IP) provides new summaries of national courts’ judgments in the area of intellectual property crime (IPC), touching on some of the most prevalent legal issues in this crime area. The cases selected deal with a range of issues, including illegal IPTV, counterfeiting of everyday goods, the issue of non-material damages and calculation of damages.
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A Histoire Juridique Commune? Historiographical Frames in European and Inter-American Human Rights Narratives by Daniel R. Quiroga Villamarín :: SSRNIn every human rights court procedure, arguments related to history —tacitly or explicitly, willingly or unwittingly— are rehearsed by legal professionals, espe
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Are Judges Politicians in Robes? Comparative Aspects of the Recruitment and Election of Judges in R Böttner and HJ Blanke (eds), The Rule of Law Under Threat: Eroding Institutions and European Reme...Mikuli, Piotr and Fox, Natalie and Puchta, Radoslaw, Are Judges Politicians in Robes? Comparative Aspects of the Recruitment and Election of Judges in R Böttner and HJ Blanke (eds), The Rule of Law Under Threat: Eroding Institutions and European Remedies (Edward Elgar 2024) 99–131 (January 03, 2024). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5084555 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5084555
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Constitutional Customary Law and Constitutional Sanction: an Antinomy? by Eleonora Bottini :: SSRNBottini, Eleonora, Constitutional Customary Law and Constitutional Sanction: an Antinomy? (June 15, 2020). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5066067 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5066067
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Critical Theories, Justice, And the Rule of Law by Adam MacLeod :: SSRN
An increasing number of legal scholars and activists now identify law as an impediment to justice that must be deconstructed. The deconstructionists tear down t
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A Histoire Juridique Commune? Historiographical Frames in European and Inter-American Human Rights Narratives by Daniel R. Quiroga Villamarín :: SSRNIn every human rights court procedure, arguments related to history —tacitly or explicitly, willingly or unwittingly— are rehearsed by legal professionals, espe
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