Legitimation of Law in Traditional Societies:the Institutional Aspect

Reproductive medicine in northwest Argentina: traditional and institutional systems

BACKGROUND The state of conservation of the traditional cultures of Northwest Argentina is variable and somewhat problematic but to a lesser or a greater extent all the peoples are related to an hegemonic culture. We present a case study carried out in the rural communities of the Yungas biome (Salta) where the extent of isolation varies as does the type of access to public health services. The...

Institutional Misfits: Law and Habits in Finnish Wolf Policy

Finland has struggled with formulating and implementing policies regarding the national grey wolf (Canis lupus) population. It seems that after major institutional adjustments undertaken to improve wolf protection, the wolf population has, in fact, decreased. This calls for an explanation. My approach to the question of institutional fit builds upon classical institutional economics and pragmat...

Sources of Law and the Institutional Design of Lawmaking

The enlightened conception of separation of powers holds that law should be made by the legislature, interpreted by the judiciary, and enforced by the executive branch of government. Public choice theory provides a solid foundation for the appraisal of this traditional formula. The findings of public choice theory, while supporting much of the traditional wisdom, pose several challenges to the ...

Lunacy Law and Institutional and Home Treatment of the Insane

It will thus be readily seen that the chief aims of this Act are to secure: (1) That no person is received as a patient into a mental hospital or other approved place unless of a certainty he is a lunatic within the meaning of the Lunacy Act., i.e., an idiot or a person of unsound mind, (2) That a person so admitted shall be discharged immediately he is no longer certifiable as a person of unso...

An Institutional Approach to the Law of Commercial Banking