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No Simple Fix: Fiscal Rules And The Politics Of Austerity, Alasdair Roberts
No Simple Fix: Fiscal Rules And The Politics Of Austerity, Alasdair Roberts
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
Fiscal rules were supposed to provide a simple remedy for out-ofcontrol government spending. They were predicated on a deep skepticism about the capacity of democratic systems to exercise fiscal self-control. After three decades of experimentation, it is evident that advocates of fiscal rules overestimated the capacity of legal instruments to impose discipline on democratic processes. Certainly, many advanced democracies have improved their fiscal performance-but fiscal rules have played a small role in this process. Experience suggests that advocates of fiscal rules drew the wrong lessons from the experience of the 1970s, and underestimated the capacity of democratic systems to respond …
Legislating Safety Nets: Comparing Recent Social Protection Laws In Asia, Surabhi Chopra Prof.
Legislating Safety Nets: Comparing Recent Social Protection Laws In Asia, Surabhi Chopra Prof.
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
In recent years, several Asian countries have begun moving away from patchwork welfare programs toward providing more comprehensive social protection. This is a significant shift in a region where social welfare has not been politically popular, and the family has traditionally absorbed the burden of supporting the young, the old, and the ailing. Two of these states-India and Indonesia-have put new social protection initiatives into law rather than simply formulating executive policy. In this article, I examine recent social protection laws in both countries. I look in particular at India's National Food Security Law, passed in 2013, and Indonesia's laws …
The Best Interests Of A Trafficked Adolescent, Anah Hewetson Gouty
The Best Interests Of A Trafficked Adolescent, Anah Hewetson Gouty
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
For decades, the world has faced a tremendous obstacle in locating trafficking victims and their perpetrators. The United States has enacted the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) and implemented a system of Trafficking in Persons Reports (TIPs) to track domestic progress. Nonetheless, even more challenging than addressing adult trafficking is conquering the rampant existence of child trafficking, which inherently has its own unique challenges. Child trafficking comes in many forms and affects different regions of the world in various ways. Misunderstanding precisely what constitutes trafficking is one of the obstacles to ridding the world of its existence. Moreover, the victimsadolescents- …