The Growth of Scandinavian Law

The Growth of Scandinavian Law
Author: Lester B. Orfield
Publisher: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
Total Pages: 394
Release: 2002
Genre: History
ISBN: 1584771801

A study in comparative law that examines the legal systems of Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden and the forces that influenced their development. According to Orfield, the Scandinavian states are a useful area for study as unique examples of law based largely on custom and usage that owe little to Anglo-American or Continental models.

Reform of the Federal Criminal Laws

Reform of the Federal Criminal Laws
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Criminal Laws and Procedures
Publisher:
Total Pages: 2014
Release: 1971
Genre: Criminal law
ISBN:

Legal Systems and Wind Energy

Legal Systems and Wind Energy
Author: Helle Tegner Anker
Publisher: Kluwer Law International B.V.
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2008-01-01
Genre: Law
ISBN: 904112831X

Compares the legal frameworks in Denmark, New Zealand, Norway, and the United States relevant to the development of wind energy.

ABA Journal

ABA Journal
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 92
Release: 1954-07
Genre:
ISBN:

The ABA Journal serves the legal profession. Qualified recipients are lawyers and judges, law students, law librarians and associate members of the American Bar Association.

The Law-Growth Nexus

The Law-Growth Nexus
Author: Kenneth W. Dam
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2007-08-29
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0815717199

An increasingly popular view holds that institutions--in particular, the rule of law--are the keys to unlocking the developing world's full growth potential. But what exactly does this mean? Which legal institutions matter and why? How can policymakers use this knowledge to promote growth? In The Law-Growth Nexus, Kenneth Dam brings five decades of experience as a legal scholar and policymaker to bear upon these questions. After reviewing the burgeoning literature on legal institutions and economic development, Dam unpacks the "rule of law" concept. Successive chapters analyze enforcement, contracts, and property rights—the three concepts that collectively define rule of law—and examine their roles in the real estate and financial sectors. Dam uses an extended analysis of China to assess the importance of the rule of law. This case study illustrates several of the book's central themes, including the difficulty of building a strong, independent judiciary and firstclass financial sector. The stark fact is that many parts of what we call the developing world have stopped developing, while other regions have seen a slowdown in once-promising growth. Could new or better legal institutions help jumpstart these economies? In exploring this question, Th e Law-Growth Nexus goes beyond regression results to examine the underlying mechanisms through which the law, the judiciary, and the legal profession influence the economy. The result is essential reading for analysts and policymakers facing the challenges of legal and economic reform.

Rethinking Nordic Courts

Rethinking Nordic Courts
Author: Laura Ervo
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2021-08-01
Genre: Law
ISBN: 3030748510

This open access book examines whether a distinctly Nordic procedural or court culture exists and what the hallmarks of that culture are. Do Nordic courts and court proceedings share a distinct set of ideas and values that in combination constitute the core of a regional legal culture? How do Europeanisation, privatisation, diversification and digitisation influence courts and court proceedings in the Nordic countries? The book traces the genesis and formation of Nordic courts and justice systems to provide a richer comprehension of contemporary Nordic legal culture, and an understanding of the relationship between legal cultural stability and change. In answering these questions, the book provides models for conceptualising procedural culture. Nordic procedural culture has partly developed organically and is partly also the product of deliberate efforts to maintain a certain level of alignment between the Nordic countries. Studying Nordic cooperation enables us to gain a deeper understanding of current regional, European and global harmonisation processes within procedural law. The influx of supranational European law, increased use of alternative dispute resolution and growth in regulation density that produces a conflict between specialisation and coherence, have tangible impact on the role of courts in a democratic society, the form of court proceedings and court structures. This book examines whether and why some trends exert more tangible, or perhaps simply more perceptible, influence on procedural culture than others.