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  • 12 May 2026
    Cover of Lawmaking under Authoritarianism
    Emilia Simison, Alejandro Bonvecchi

    Legislating with the autocrat?

    In March 1979, the government of dictator General Jorge Rafael Videla, submitted a law proposal to overhaul Argentina’s revenue-sharing regime. Following the rules of this regime, the bill was duly presented to the Legislative Advisory Commission, a legislative body created by the dictatorship and staffed by military officers. The provincial governors, who were also appointed […]

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  • 20 Oct 2025
    Grayscale Photography of People Walking Near Buildings
    Yuval Feldman

    Can Governments Trust Their Citizens? The Paradox of Voluntary Compliance

    Every policymaker knows the dilemma: should governments trust people to do the right thing, or make sure they do it? The safer option has usually been enforcement. Write the rules, monitor behavior, punish violations. Citizens obey because they have to. Yet most regulators also know something they rarely act on: people tend to follow rules […]

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  • 12 May 2025
    Hannah Haksgaard

    A Perspective from Rural America: Lawyers and the Viability of Rural Law Practice

    Rural areas are struggling. Rural poverty is increasing as jobs in agriculture, manufacturing, and resource extraction dry up. Small communities are shrinking: losing churches, schools, dentists, doctors, and—the subject of this book—lawyers. The worsening rural lawyer shortage is not new. What is new is the idea that we should do something to solve the crisis. […]

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  • 11 Apr 2025
    Stephen K. Urice, Simon J. Frankel

    Law, Ethics, and the Visual Arts

    The “art world” comprises a complex, diverse set of people and institutions – an international, interdependent complex of artists, collectors, museum professionals, dealers, and auctioneers, with a large supporting cast of art historians, archaeologists, critics, experts, bronze founders, fine art printers, suppliers of artists’ materials, city planning commissions, corporate sponsors, governmental sources of funding, tax […]

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  • 4 Apr 2025
    Robert C. Bird

    Legal Knowledge: The Last Great Untapped Source of Business Competitive Advantage

    The modern business environment is more heavily regulated than ever before. What if managers could turn their legal obligations into value-generating opportunities? Organizations are on a near-perpetual search for competitive advantage over their rivals. Called the ‘holy grail’ for corporate strategy, a competitive advantage can enable a company to outflank rivals, maintain industry leadership, and […]

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  • 20 Dec 2024
    Luca Belli

    Digital Sovereignty in the BRICS Countries: A Global South Perspective

    In a world largely shaped by Silicon Valley tech giants, the BRICS countries—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, now expanding to new members —are emerging as influential players in the realm of digital policy and innovation. With 40% of the world’s population and a quarter of global GDP, the BRICS nations command substantial resources, […]

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  • 6 May 2024
    Joseph P. Tomain, Sidney A. Shapiro

    The Necessary Mix

    Market favoritism has been aggressively supported for more than 50 years by the Right and adopted by many on the Left. The emphasis has been on the priority of markets over government for solution to policy problems and for enhancing political liberties. Our book, How Government Built America, flips the script by arguing the strength […]

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  • 19 Apr 2024
    H. Kumarasingham, Peter Cane

    Launching The Cambridge Constitutional History of the United Kingdom at the House of Lords, 6 March

    The Cambridge Constitutional History of the United Kingdom was launched in the House of Lords. The President of the Supreme Court, Lord Reed, hosted the launch.

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