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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

Une page web visant à faciliter la mise en œuvre de la Convention
européenne dans le domaine de l’information sur le droit étranger (STE n°
62) et de son Protocole additionnel (STE n° 97

This 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.

In every human rights court procedure, arguments related to history —tacitly or explicitly, willingly or unwittingly— are rehearsed by legal professionals, espe

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

Bottini, 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

In every human rights court procedure, arguments related to history —tacitly or explicitly, willingly or unwittingly— are rehearsed by legal professionals, espe

The purpose of this study is to analyze the Hybrid Constitutional Courts, enlisted by national and international judges as a transitional justice option to re-b

Constitutional courts typically adhere to established precedent to maintain their authority and to avoid the appearance of political inference. However, in a re

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

Genealogy is a form of argument that seeks to discredit social phenomena by exposing their pernicious ancestry. In recent years, the U.S. Supreme Court has used

The mapping of the French media ecosystem aims to produce a technical infrastructure to monitor the media landscape's news information and circulation dynamics. We produced a database comprising a large sample of major authoritative news media and alternative sources. Using a global and structural approach, we analyzed the relationships between the French media sources regarding their authority, ideological position, and audience. We also used De Facto’s enriched database of fact checks, the statistical and topological properties of Twitter accounts regularly sharing misinformation to measure their activity and visualize their position in the media ecosystem. First, we present the protocol and the methodology used to produce the dataset, then we describe the general structure and the properties of the French media ecosystem with a specific focus on disinformation.

Les Journées internationales sud-coréennes, deux fois reportées à cause de la crise sanitaire, se tiendront enfin du 16 au 18 juin 2025, à Séoul, et porteront sur le thème de “L’intelligence artificielle“. Le premier questionnaire portera sur “Intelligence artificielle et […]