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Viet Nam's First Modern Penal Code, John Quigley
Viet Nam's First Modern Penal Code, John Quigley
NYLS Journal of International and Comparative Law
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Basic Concepts In And Temporal And Territorial Limits On The Applicability Of The Penal Law Of Japan, Shigemitsu Dando
Basic Concepts In And Temporal And Territorial Limits On The Applicability Of The Penal Law Of Japan, Shigemitsu Dando
NYLS Journal of International and Comparative Law
Translated by B.J. GEORGE, JR
Law, Change, And Litigation: A Critical Examination Of An Empirical Research Tradition, Frank W. Munger
Law, Change, And Litigation: A Critical Examination Of An Empirical Research Tradition, Frank W. Munger
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This article examines the theory and empirical methods of recent studies of law and litigation. It argues that the recent interest in longitudinal studies of trial court dockets proceeds from a deeply rooted functionalist theoretical tradition in empirical work on courts. Functionalist theory, through its sophisticated application in the work of James Willard Hurst, is described as the direct or indirect source of theory for longitudinal litigation studies. Though there are many reasons for suspecting that fuctionalist theory is inadequate, it has seldom been rejected through proper empirical testing of its hypotheses. The theory, often poorly conceptualized, is discussed here …