In this paper, which was prepared to help set the stage at an interdisciplinary conference held at the University of Indiana (Bloomington) in March, I first briefly review what I take to be the key events and developments in the history of the study of judicial behavior in legal scholarship, with attention to corresponding developments in political science. I identify obstacles to cooperation i...

The prevailing paradigm of medieval manufacturing presumes guilds monopolized markets for durable goods in late-medieval England. The sources of the monopolies are said to have been the charters of towns, charters of guilds, parliamentary statutes, and judicial precedents. This essay examines those sources, demonstrates they did not give guilds legal monopolies in the modern sense of the word, ...

Abstract The role played by precedents in international law is usually addressed with regard to their bearing on other judicial decisions and contribution the development of law. Recently, International Tribunal for Law Sea (“ itlos ”) has offered a novel interpretation legal effects Court Justice’s icj advisory opinions as precedents. In Mauritius/Maldives , rejected two Maldives’ preliminary ...

In the American judicial system, few more serious threats to individual liberty can be imagined than a corrupt judge. Clothed with the power of the state and authorized to pass judgment on the most basic aspects of everyday life, a judge can deprive citizens of liberty and property in complete disregard of the Constitution. The injuries inflicted may be severe and enduring. Yet the recent expan...

Contextualization. The Public Prosecution Office’s role in antitrust enforcement Brazil has become central with the 1988 Federal Constitution, which established competition as a public and collective value. relevance of assignments is evidenced by variety its procedures, that involve all three main axes Brazilian policy (administrative, civil criminal). Object. This article aims to demonstrate,...

In the field of international law sea, continental shelf delimitation has always been one most controversial issues. Since definition Equity Principle in “United Nations Convention on Law Sea” (UNCLOS) is relatively vague, connotation depends accumulation and development judicial precedents, arbitration awards, state practice. The generally recognized by community become a part customary law. O...