Through the examination of one of the most successful cases of a European Community (EC) law litigation strategy, this article develops a general framework for understanding when and how the EC legal system will be successfully used by domestic groups to challenge national policy. The authors show how the European legal system actually shifted the domestic balance of power in favor of equality ...

Recent research on financial market development has focused on the nature of the legal system. The law-and-finance literature, however, exclusively focuses on the abuse of management power as a major cause of shareholder expropriation. The role of the administrative capability of the state in providing and guaranteeing the institutional foundations for securities development is thereby overlook...

Empowerment is related to the word power. In English, the concept leans on its original meaning of investment with legal power—permission to act for some specific goal or purpose (Rappaport, 1987). The new meaning of the concept includes mainly references to power that develops and is acquired. People are managing to gain more control over their lives, either by themselves or with the help of o...

This paper analyzes the Philippine electric power industry. First, it gives a brief history of the industry. Second, it assesses the interaction between the electric power industry and the Philippine economy. Third, it describes the structure of the industry as well as its major players. Fourth, it examines the industry’s legal and regulatory framework. And fifth, it discusses the problems and ...

We just wouldn’t even get a response from other [pro-bono, volunteer] attorneys. I can bet on it that they wouldn’t be bothered. -Female, Legal What we’re doing is holding a protest and we want the whoever we’re opposing to think that there’s no end to this protest until we give in. We’re sort of competing for power and and the illusion of...power is really important, as important as our real p...

In light of Elena Kagan's nomination to serve as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, this report analyzes then-Professor Kagan's views of executive power and the doctrine of separation of powers as laid most extensively out in her 2001 Harvard Law Review article Presidential Administration. This report will proceed as follows. First, it will briefly describe the constitutio...