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Constitutional Design And Law: The Political Economy Of Cabinet And Congressional Government, Matthew S. R. Palmer Nov 1993

Constitutional Design And Law: The Political Economy Of Cabinet And Congressional Government, Matthew S. R. Palmer

The Hon Justice Matthew Palmer

The dissertation takes a political economy approach to constitutional design and legislation in the Westminster (Cabinet) and US (Congressional) models of government. Part I develops the economics of comparative political organization by constructing a theoretical framework for analyzing constitutional design. Part II applies the framework to distinguish the essences of the Cabinet and Congressional systems of constitutional design in the contexts of US and Canadian federal government. Part III analyzes the effects of the different constitutional designs on the processes of legislating in each system and on the substantive characteristics of legislation in each system. The analysis is subjected to …


Unfunded Mandates, Hidden Taxation, And The Tenth Amendment: On Public Choice, Public Interest, And Public Services, Edward A. Zelinsky Nov 1993

Unfunded Mandates, Hidden Taxation, And The Tenth Amendment: On Public Choice, Public Interest, And Public Services, Edward A. Zelinsky

Faculty Articles

Few contemporary issues concern state and local policymakers as intensely as unfunded mandates. Mayors, county executives, city councilmen, and the professional associations representing them routinely argue that the federal and state governments have, in recent years, imposed at an accelerating rate expensive requirements on municipalities without granting corresponding funds for compliance, thereby irresponsibly straining the fiscal capacity of municipalities, hampering their ability to provide essential services, and improperly infringing upon the scope of local control. The complaints of municipal policymakers have provoked a variety of proposals for restraining unfunded mandates: obligatory disclosure of the projected costs of proposed mandates, requirements …


The Economic Causes And Consequences Of Constitutional Reform In Eastern Europe, Robert C. Juelke May 1993

The Economic Causes And Consequences Of Constitutional Reform In Eastern Europe, Robert C. Juelke

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


An Enriched Economic Model Of Political Patronage And Campaign Contributions: Reformulating Supreme Court Jurisprudence, Richard L. Hasen Apr 1993

An Enriched Economic Model Of Political Patronage And Campaign Contributions: Reformulating Supreme Court Jurisprudence, Richard L. Hasen

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.


Medición De La Seguridad Jurídica, Horacio M. Lynch Jan 1993

Medición De La Seguridad Jurídica, Horacio M. Lynch

Horacio M. LYNCH

Concurso Asociación de Bancos de la República Argentina (ADEBA).


Book Review, G. Marcus Cole Jan 1993

Book Review, G. Marcus Cole

Journal Articles

G. Marcus Cole provides a thorough review of Towards a Post-Apartheid Future: Political & Economic Relations in Southern Africa by Gavin Maasdorp & Alan Whiteside (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992).