1.
Who Writes the Rules for Hostile Takeovers, and Why? The Peculiar Divergence of US and UK Takeover Regulation
Georgetown Law Journal, Vol. 95, p. 1727, 2007, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Law Working Paper No. 73/2006
Number of pages: 74
Posted: 08 Sep 2006
Last Revised: 10 Dec 2018
Accepted Paper Series
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law and University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads
4,086
2.
Is There a Relationship between Guns and Freedom? Comparative Results from 59 Nations
Texas Review of Law and Politics, Vol. 13
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 06 Feb 2008
Last Revised: 24 Dec 2008
Working Paper Series
Independence Institute, College of William and Mary - Department of Economics and Independent
Downloads
3,905
3.
Police Structure: A Comparative Study of Policing Models
Number of pages: 12
Posted: 12 May 2010
Last Revised: 14 Jun 2010
Working Paper Series
Kerala Judicial Service
Downloads
2,940
4.
The Foundations of Securities Law
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 06 Feb 2008
Last Revised: 13 Feb 2009
Working Paper Series
European University Institute (EUI)
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2,469
5.
Party Autonomy and Private-Law Making in Private International Law: The Lex Mercatoria that Isn't
Festschrift für Konstantinos D. Kerameus 1397-1423 (Ant. N. Sakkoulas & Bruylant Publishers 2009).,
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 20 Nov 2006
Last Revised: 13 Jan 2018
Accepted Paper Series
Willamette University - College of Law
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2,393
6.
United States - China WTO Litigation (2001-2010): Active & Aggressive Litigants.
Virginia Lawyer, Vol. 59, p. 28, December 2010, GMU School of Public Policy Research Paper No. 2011-03
Number of pages: 6
Posted: 29 Sep 2010
Last Revised: 24 Apr 2014
Accepted Paper Series
George Mason University (Schar School of Policy & Government)
Downloads
2,343
7.
W[h]ither the Kyoto Protocol? Durban and Beyond
Harvard Project on Climate Agreements, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 12
Posted: 28 Aug 2011
Last Revised: 20 Sep 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
Downloads
2,281
8.
What Causes Terrorism?
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 20 Jun 2008
Last Revised: 08 Feb 2010
Working Paper Series
WZB Berlin Social Science Center and University of Freiburg - Department of Economics
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2,258
9.
Data and Analyses of Voting in the UN General Assembly
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 17 Jul 2012
Working Paper Series
Georgetown University - Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS)
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2,213
10.
The Law of Cyber-Attack
California Law Review, Vol. 100, No. 4, 2012, Yale Law & Economics Research Paper No. 453, Yale Law School, Public Law Working Paper No. 258
Number of pages: 70
Posted: 23 Aug 2012
Last Revised: 07 Sep 2012
Accepted Paper Series
Yale University - Law School, Yale University - Yale Information Society Project, Yale Law School, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Yale University - Law School, Independent and Independent
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2,115
11.
The Religion-State Relationship and the Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief: A Comparative Textual Analysis of the Constitutions of Predominantly Muslim Countries
Georgetown Journal of International Law, Vol. 36, 2005
Number of pages: 106
Posted: 29 Jul 2005
Accepted Paper Series
U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) and University of Tennessee College of Law
Downloads
2,020
12.
Unified China and Divided Europe
International Economic Review, January 2018, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 56
Posted: 23 Jan 2014
Last Revised: 23 Apr 2017
Accepted Paper Series
National University of Singapore (NUS) - Department of Economics, George Mason University - Department of Economics and National University of Singapore (NUS) - Department of Economics
There are 2 versions of this paper
Unified China and Divided Europe
International Economic Review, January 2018, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 56
Posted: 23 Jan 2014
Last Revised: 23 Apr 2017
Downloads
1,869
Unified China and Divided Europe
International Economic Review, Vol. 59, Issue 1, pp. 285-327, 2018
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 20 Feb 2018
Downloads
1,869
13.
The End of Comparative Law
Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. 2, pp. 133-150, 2007
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 07 Dec 2007
Last Revised: 03 Dec 2008
Accepted Paper Series
European University Institute (EUI)
Downloads
1,827
14.
Contractor Atrocities at Abu Ghraib: Compromised Accountability in a Streamlined, Outsourced Government
Stanford Law & Policy Review, Vol. 16, p. 549-572, 2005, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 109, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 109
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 14 Oct 2004
Last Revised: 09 Apr 2014
Accepted Paper Series
George Washington University - Law School
Downloads
1,813
15.
India's Competition Policy: An Assessment
Number of pages: 44
Posted: 20 Oct 2003
Working Paper Series
Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi
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1,757
16.
Sovereignty, Taxation, and Social Contract
Minnesota Journal of International Law, Vol. 18, Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1063
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 29 Aug 2008
Accepted Paper Series
McGill University - Faculty of Law
Downloads
1,639
17.
Shareholder Protection: A Leximetric Approach
University of Cambridge, CBR Working Paper No 324
Number of pages: 35
Posted: 21 Apr 2006
Last Revised: 30 Jan 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Ashurst LLP and European University Institute (EUI)
Downloads
1,611
18.
What is the Rule of Law and Why is It so Important?
Silkenat, Barenboim and Hickey, eds., "The Legal Doctrines of the Rule of Law and the Legal State" (Springer, 2014 Forthcoming), University of Baltimore School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2015-15
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 04 Jun 2014
Last Revised: 28 May 2015
Accepted Paper Series
University of Baltimore - School of Law
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1,554
19.
The Meaning of Article 2(4) in the U.N. Charter
Revised from Chapter 3 in International Law: Process and Prospect (Anthony D'Amato, 2d ed. 1995), Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 13-30
Number of pages: 16
Posted: 12 Sep 2013
Accepted Paper Series
Downloads
1,434
20.
Estimating Dynamic State Preferences from United Nations Voting Data
Bailey, Michael, Strezhnev, Anton and Voeten, Erik., Estimating Dynamic State Preferences from United Nations Voting Data. Journal of Conflict Resolution (2015) DOI: 10.1177/0022002715595700
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 26 Sep 2013
Last Revised: 25 Aug 2015
Accepted Paper Series
Georgetown University - Department of Government, Harvard University - Department of Government and Georgetown University - Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS)
Downloads
1,423
21.
The Rule of Intellectual Property Law in the Internet Economy
Houston Law Review, Vol. 44, No. 4, pp. 1074-1095, 2007, Fordham Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1012504
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 11 Sep 2007
Last Revised: 09 Apr 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Fordham University School of Law
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1,402
22.
The Influence on Marcus Tullius Cicero on Modern Legal and Political Ideas
Ciceroniana, the Atti of Colloquium Tullianum Anni, MMVIII
Number of pages: 49
Posted: 05 Jun 2009
Accepted Paper Series
University of Baltimore - School of Law
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1,328
23.
What Does Not Work in Comparing Securities Laws: A Critique on La Porta et al.'s Methodology
International Company and Commercial Law Review, pp. 300-305, 2005, CPC-RPS No. 0009
Number of pages: 11
Posted: 06 Apr 2005
Last Revised: 02 Apr 2009
Accepted Paper Series
European University Institute (EUI)
Downloads
1,302
24.
Three Dangers for the International Criminal Court: A Critical Look at a Consensual Project
Finnish Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 12, pp. 195-247, 2002
Number of pages: 29
Posted: 09 Jul 2008
Last Revised: 17 Sep 2008
Working Paper Series
McGill University - Faculty of Law
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1,271
25.
Global Evidence on Incentives for Voluntary Accounting Disclosures and the Effect on Cost of Capital
University of Missouri at Columbia, College of Business Working Paper
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 10 Nov 2003
Working Paper Series
Maastricht University, University of Missouri at Columbia - Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business and University of Missouri at Columbia - School of Accountancy
Downloads
1,201
26.
Fair Taxation as a Basic Human Right
International Review of Constitutionalism, 2009, Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1066
Number of pages: 20
Posted: 23 Sep 2008
Last Revised: 07 Aug 2014
Accepted Paper Series
McGill University - Faculty of Law
Downloads
1,193
27.
Money as a Legal Institution
In: David Fox and Wolfgang Ernst, 'Money in the Western Legal Tradition', 2015, Forthcoming, Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 13-34
Number of pages: 19
Posted: 07 Sep 2013
Last Revised: 29 Oct 2015
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Law School
Downloads
1,170
28.
China's Regional Trade Agreement (RTA) Approach: The Law, the Geopolitics, and the Impact on the Multilateral
Singapore Year Book of International Law, Vol. 8, 2004
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 29 Jun 2004
Accepted Paper Series
National University of Singapore (NUS) - Faculty of Law
Downloads
1,051
29.
Submission to Finance Department on Implementation of FATCA in Canada
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 14 Mar 2014
Working Paper Series
McGill University - Faculty of Law and Queen's University - Faculty of Law
Downloads
1,038
30.
Why the Welfare State Looks Like a Free Lunch
UC Davis Economics Department Working Paper No. 02-7
Number of pages: 59
Posted: 27 Feb 2003
Working Paper Series
University of California, Davis - Department of Economics
There are 2 versions of this paper
Why the Welfare State Looks Like a Free Lunch
UC Davis Economics Department Working Paper No. 02-7
Number of pages: 59
Posted: 27 Feb 2003
Downloads
1,034
Why the Welfare State Looks Like a Free Lunch
NBER Working Paper No. w9869
Number of pages: 56
Posted: 29 Jul 2003
Downloads
77
Downloads
1,034
31.
The Role of Apology in International Law and Diplomacy
Virginia Journal of International Law, Vol. 46, No. 3, Spring 2006, Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1028
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 27 Sep 2006
Last Revised: 04 Aug 2010
Accepted Paper Series
University of Wisconsin Law School
Downloads
994
32.
Avoidance, Evasion, and Taxpayer Morality
Washington University Journal of Law and Policy, Vol. 44, p. 39 (2014)
Number of pages: 17
Posted: 30 Mar 2014
Last Revised: 07 Jan 2018
Accepted Paper Series
McGill University - Faculty of Law
Downloads
945
33.
What Ever Happened to Canadian Environmental Law?
Ecology Law Quarterly, Vol. 37, p. 981, 2010, Osgoode CLPE Research Paper No. 12/2010
Number of pages: 60
Posted: 24 Apr 2010
Last Revised: 07 Mar 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Peter A Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia, York University, Osgood Hall - Law School and University of Tasmania - Faculty of Law
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939
34.
Cybersecurity: What About U.S. Policy?
Journal of Law, Technology and Policy, Vol. 2015, 341 (2015)
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 13 Jan 2015
Last Revised: 18 Dec 2015
Accepted Paper Series
Western Carolina University - College of Business
Downloads
935
35.
How Does Customary International Law Change? The Case of State Immunity
International Studies Quarterly, Vol. 59, pp. 209-222 (2015), APSA 2012 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 14 Jul 2012
Last Revised: 25 Jun 2015
Accepted Paper Series
University of Virginia School of Law and Georgetown University - Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS)
Downloads
931
36.
Global Clustering of Countries by Culture – An Extension of the GLOBE Study
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 17 Dec 2012
Last Revised: 15 Apr 2013
Working Paper Series
Rutgers Business School - Newark & New Brunswick and Kainan University - Department of Business and Entrepreneurial Management
Downloads
921
37.
Failed States, or the State as Failure?
University of Chicago Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 31 Mar 2005
Accepted Paper Series
Georgetown University
Downloads
918
38.
Terrorism and the Media
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8497
Number of pages: 55
Posted: 04 Oct 2014
Working Paper Series
University of Western Australia
Downloads
916
39.
The Importance of Business Risk in Setting Audit Fees: Evidence from Cases of Client Misconduct
Graduate School of Management, University of California at Davis Working Paper
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 10 Jul 2002
Working Paper Series
The University of Melbourne, Department of Accounting and Business Information Systems and University of California, Davis - Graduate School of Management
There are 3 versions of this paper
The Importance of Business Risk in Setting Audit Fees: Evidence from Cases of Client Misconduct
Graduate School of Management, University of California at Davis Working Paper
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 10 Jul 2002
Downloads
909
The Importance of Business Risk in Setting Audit Fees: Evidence from Cases of Client Misconduct
Journal of Accounting Research, March 2005
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 03 Nov 2004
Downloads
625
The Importance of Business Risk in Setting Audit Fees: Evidence from Cases of Client Misconduct
Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 43, pp. 133-151, March 2005
Number of pages: 19
Posted: 08 May 2006
Downloads
19
Downloads
909
40.
The Future of the Law of Armed Conflict: Ostriches, Butterflies, and Nanobots
35 Michigan Journal of International Law 253 (2014)
Number of pages: 66
Posted: 24 Mar 2013
Last Revised: 09 Jun 2015
Accepted Paper Series
Brigham Young University School of Law
Downloads
906
41.
The Human Right of Self-Defense
BYU Journal of Public Law, Vol. 22, 2008
Number of pages: 119
Posted: 17 Oct 2007
Last Revised: 27 Jul 2008
Accepted Paper Series
Independence Institute, Independence Institute and Independence Institute
Downloads
901
42.
Defamation: Comparative Law and Practice
Andrew T. Kenyon, DEFAMATION: COMPARATIVE LAW AND PRACTICE, UCL Press, 2006, U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 154
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 04 Aug 2006
Accepted Paper Series
University of Melbourne Law School
Downloads
886
43.
Regulating Trading Practices
Oxford University Press, The Oxford Handbook of Financial Regulation, pp. 596-630, 2015, Working Paper of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance No. 2015-8, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 15/24
Number of pages: 55
Posted: 08 Aug 2014
Last Revised: 07 Dec 2015
Accepted Paper Series
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
Downloads
882
44.
Cyber Attacks: Proportionality and Precautions in Attack
89 Int'l L. Stud. 198 (2013)
Number of pages: 21
Posted: 03 Oct 2012
Last Revised: 09 Jun 2015
Accepted Paper Series
Brigham Young University School of Law
Downloads
864
45.
The Implications of Formulating a Human Right to Water
Ecology Law Quarterly, Vol. 31, p. 957, 2004
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 26 Mar 2009
Accepted Paper Series
University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Downloads
857
46.
Sovereignty and Neutrality in Cyber Conflict
35 Fordham International Law Journal 815 (2012)
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 02 Nov 2011
Last Revised: 09 Jun 2015
Accepted Paper Series
Brigham Young University School of Law
Downloads
856
47.
Internal Separation of Powers: Checking Today's Most Dangerous Branch from within
Yale Law Journal, Vol. 115, 2006, Georgetown Public Law Research Paper No. 900820
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 08 May 2006
Accepted Paper Series
Georgetown University Law Center
Downloads
855
48.
Reshaping Municipal and County Laws to Foster Green Building, Energy Efficiency, and Renewable Energy
NYU Environmental Law Journal, Vol. 15, No. 1, 2008
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 20 Mar 2008
Last Revised: 29 Apr 2015
Accepted Paper Series
SussmanADR LLC
Downloads
832
49.
Territorial Disputes at the International Court of Justice
Duke Law Journal, Vol. 53, pp. 1779-1812, April 2004
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 11 Feb 2005
Accepted Paper Series
Alcoa Inc.
Downloads
831
50.
Diversity in Shareholder Protection in Common Law Countries
Journal for Institutional Comparisons, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 3-9, 2007
Number of pages: 7
Posted: 25 May 2007
Last Revised: 30 Jan 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Ashurst LLP and European University Institute (EUI)
Downloads
817
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