How do disagreements between judges on collegial (multimember) courts affect legal policy? We address this question by developing an account of the nature of judicial disagreements in the case-space model of judicial choice. We distinguish between different types of disagreement, from disagreements about case facts to disagreements about how legal rules should treat varying case facts, and cons...

How do disagreements between judges on collegial (multimember) courts affect legal policy? We address this question by developing an account of the nature of judicial disagreements in the case-space model of judicial choice. We distinguish between different types of disagreement, from disagreements about case facts to disagreements about how legal rules should treat varying case facts, and cons...

Ms. McClain examines the government's role in developing and applying the False Claims Act. The article explores the use and effectiveness of the False Claims Act to target fraud and other abuses in the health care system. The article then addresses past inequitable misuse of the Act resulting from improper judicial interpretation of the Act and offers suggestions for curbing some of the strict...

in their to implement international treaties – as the most important source of international law – member states are likely to face two questions: 1. as regards the interpretation of the concerned treaty, with whom does the competency and jurisdiction rest an international judicial authority or specific authorities of the member state? in the latter case, which authority will enjoy such compete...

Abstract Social justice is turning into an international concern. This development a response to the continuous rise of socioeconomic inequality – gap between rich and poor –growing in several OECD member states since 1970s. International human rights law (IHRL) presently only establishes weak normative framework regarding social justice. article argues that full potential this has still not be...