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relationships between a country’s inclusion of lay people as legal decision-makers and its political characteristics. We find robust, statistically significant correlations between the presence of lay ... evidence that service as lay judges has raised civic engagement and political awareness; they express hope that it is contributing to better functioning of the democratic system of government.20 The
the 1990s during a remarkable period of increased government transparency and political reform.1 Similarly, Spain’s modern jury institution was launched at the end of Franco’s dictatorship.2 Likewise ... Political Experiment, in JURIES, LAY JUDGES, AND MIXED COURTS: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE 237, 248–51 (Sanja Kutnjak Ivković, Shari Seidman Diamond, Valerie P. Hans & Nancy Marder, eds., 2021) (describing the
judicial system but also a political one.6 I conducted many interviews with jurors after their verdicts, and I often asked them: “Why did you come to the court?” Most of these former jurors answered with ... words to the effect of: “We are responsible not only to the parties in this case but also to our society.” This made me see the political meaning of the jury system. The jury system is an important pillar
Given the state of our knowledge and the questions that are emerging in scientific and political circles regarding the relationships between entrepreneurship and its local context, it is worthwhile
We examine the role of political alignment and the electoral business cycle on municipality revenues in Greece for the period 2003–2010. The misallocation of resources for political gain represents a ... Business School, University of Birmingham , Birmingham B15 2TT , UK 1 Joint Research Centre, European Commission , Rue du Champ de Mars 21, 1050 Brussels , Belgium We examine the role of political alignment
, at 155; Thomas Zittel, Participatory Democracy and Participation, in PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION: CAN PARTICIPATORY ENGINEERING BRING CITIZENS 198 CHICAGO-KENT LAW REVIEW ... . Participatory democrats have applied their theories to a range of institutions engaged in “‘political activity’ in a very wide sense of that term,”13 including the justice system. 14 These theories have also
, at 155; Thomas Zittel, Participatory Democracy and Participation, in PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION: CAN PARTICIPATORY ENGINEERING BRING CITIZENS 198 CHICAGO-KENT LAW REVIEW ... . Participatory democrats have applied their theories to a range of institutions engaged in “‘political activity’ in a very wide sense of that term,”13 including the justice system. 14 These theories have also
been allowed in Chinese courtrooms for * China University of Political Science and Law. This article is supported by China National Social Science Fund (Grant number 21BFX070). The author is grateful ... Regions and Liberated Areas19 because its purpose was “more than a kind of mechanism to solve disputes, it also played an important role in class struggle, in political party struggle, and in national
economic, social, or political patterns that may indicate a crisis more generally. In addition, courts’ providing routine data on how jury systems operate, who serves on juries, and the decisions juries ... . Parks, The Jury Sunshine Project: Jury Selection Data as a Political Issue, 2018 U. ILL L. REV. 1407, 1416–1422 (2018) (describing the limits of existing record-keeping on jury selection and the efforts
economic, social, or political patterns that may indicate a crisis more generally. In addition, courts’ providing routine data on how jury systems operate, who serves on juries, and the decisions juries ... . Parks, The Jury Sunshine Project: Jury Selection Data as a Political Issue, 2018 U. ILL L. REV. 1407, 1416–1422 (2018) (describing the limits of existing record-keeping on jury selection and the efforts
Hasen considers through the lens of Justice Scalia’s opinions the role that views of the political process play, at least rhetorically, in how Supreme Court Justices decide cases. It focuses on Justice ... about. Whenever a society adopts racial entitlements, it is very difficult to get out of them through the normal political processes. . . . . . . . Even the name of it is wonderful: The Voting Rights Act
What do citizens demand of their governing bodies to cope with the spread of emerging infectious diseases after recognizing the growing danger? What are the similarities and differences in political ... Yup Lee 1 Department of Political Science, Yonsei University , 105 Yonhee Hall, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722 , South Korea 2 Graduate School of Digital Analytics, Yonsei University , 50
Political Philosophy versus Political Theor Case of R awls y: The Stephen M. Griffin 0 0 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by Scholarly Commons @ IIT Chicago-Kent College of ... .-Kent L. Rev. 691 (1994). Available at: https://scholarship.kentlaw.iit.edu/cklawreview/vol69/iss3/6 - Chicago-Kent Law Article 6 POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY VERSUS POLITICAL THEORY: THE CASE OF RAWLS
at: http://scholarship.kentlaw.iit.edu/cklawreview/vol91/iss2/5 - CAUSATION, COUNTERFACTUALS AND PROBABILITIES IN PHILOSOPHY AND LEGAL THINKING FLORENCE G’SELL1 Determining whether the law could
both civil and criminal jury trials.171 3. The Strengths of a Legislative Approach One advantage of a legislative approach is that legislators respond to political pressure and deadlines. With AB 3070 ... , there was political support to address discrimination during jury selection and there was a fastapproaching deadline——the end of the 2019-2020 legislative session. In California at that time, there was a
both civil and criminal jury trials.171 3. The Strengths of a Legislative Approach One advantage of a legislative approach is that legislators respond to political pressure and deadlines. With AB 3070 ... , there was political support to address discrimination during jury selection and there was a fastapproaching deadline——the end of the 2019-2020 legislative session. In California at that time, there was a
on more elements than refugees alone, such as available political supply and the economic and the welfare agenda of each political party. This complexity might confound voters’ choice, making them ... choose political parties based on composite rankings of issues, ranging from resentment to endorsement of specific political initiatives on employment and welfare. On the contrary, hate events are
of urban growth and was sustained by rural–urban commuting (Murray and Szelenyi 2009) . City growth, residential mobility, and land and housing development were under tight political control. Warsaw ... , suburbanisation “in the Western sense” has been a recent phenomenon—it is believed to have begun in the post-communist countries in the 90s, following the political transformation (Nuissl and Rink 2005; Timar and
controversial political activities audit program funded by the former conservative federal government. It identifies three distorting ideas about charity—that charity can be understood as a tax expenditure
interactions across municipalities that share a common border, across municipalities within a distance of 100 km of each other, and across municipalities with similar political representation in the local ... matters, although only in combination with the relative population size. We also find some evidence of horizontal dependence across municipalities with similar political preferences. 1 Introduction The
