It has been argued that procedural formalism undermines economic efficiency by fostering rent-seeking and corruption. We challenge this view by arguing that a number of judicial procedures foster economic growth by increasing the predictability of court decisions, which leads to more transactions and higher investment levels. We investigate the effects on economic growth of 15 judicial procedur...

Recent empirical scholarship that shows that judges decide cases in a manner that is consistent with their political biases has motivated a stream of proposals for reform, including judicial term limits, limitations on judicial review of statutes and agency actions, revision of the judicial appointments process, and mandatory mixed party representation on judicial panels. However, these proposa...

The computer forensic discipline was established around 2000 in mainland China, which was further developed along with Chinese judicial appraisal system in 2005. This paper introduces the reformation of computer forensic legal system in mainland China, the general concept of computer forensic legal system, the management of computer judicial experts, the management of computer judicial expertis...

The growing spectre of human reproductive cloning is putting unprecedented strain on some of the legislative bodies in Europe trying to keep a grip on it and the future of embryonic stem cell research. In Britain, which has gone further than many countries with detailed legislation to permit research on embryonic stem cells, a group of opponents late last year challenged the legislation, saying...