The legal order is the legitimate foundation of liberal democracy. Its incomplete enforcement of the law can therefore appear dysfunctional, reflecting weak institutions, state capture, and corrupt practices. This paper casts doubt on such categorical assessments by systematically examining the reasons for and intentions behind incomplete enforcement. It argues that law enforcement is part of the political process that is deeply affected by the constellation of actors concerned. Choices over law enforcement produce social order that is analytically distinct from the production of legal norms and their formal implementation. By analyzing different types of partial enforcement, its rationales, and intended effects, we propose an approach that...
The central topic of this doctoral dissertation is the role of the prosecutor in law enforcement of ...
This article questions whether excessive policing practices can persist in an environment where law ...
This article contributes to the debate concerning the identification of politically relevant cases o...
The legal order is the legitimate foundation of liberal democracy. Its incomplete enforcement of the...
In this paper, we analyze how political competition affects the design of public law enforcement pol...
The purpose of this article is to broadly characterize the political economy or institutionalist the...
This paper studies the design of law-making and law enforcement institutions based on the premise th...
This paper revisits the issue of law enforcement and the design of monetary sanctions when the publi...
Law enforcement is decentralized. It is so despite documented interjurisdictional externalities whic...
This paper studies the design of law-making and law enforcement institutions based on the premise th...
This paper studies the design of law-making and law enforcement institutions based on the premise th...
Law enforcement is decentralized. It is so despite documented interjurisdictional externalities whic...
Implicit in the concept of negotiated orders is an understanding of the social productivity of polit...
textabstractTraditionally in the division of labor between the European level and the Member States ...
This article surveys the theory of the public enforcement of law--the use of public agents (inspecto...
The central topic of this doctoral dissertation is the role of the prosecutor in law enforcement of ...
This article questions whether excessive policing practices can persist in an environment where law ...
This article contributes to the debate concerning the identification of politically relevant cases o...
The legal order is the legitimate foundation of liberal democracy. Its incomplete enforcement of the...
In this paper, we analyze how political competition affects the design of public law enforcement pol...
The purpose of this article is to broadly characterize the political economy or institutionalist the...
This paper studies the design of law-making and law enforcement institutions based on the premise th...
This paper revisits the issue of law enforcement and the design of monetary sanctions when the publi...
Law enforcement is decentralized. It is so despite documented interjurisdictional externalities whic...
This paper studies the design of law-making and law enforcement institutions based on the premise th...
This paper studies the design of law-making and law enforcement institutions based on the premise th...
Law enforcement is decentralized. It is so despite documented interjurisdictional externalities whic...
Implicit in the concept of negotiated orders is an understanding of the social productivity of polit...
textabstractTraditionally in the division of labor between the European level and the Member States ...
This article surveys the theory of the public enforcement of law--the use of public agents (inspecto...
The central topic of this doctoral dissertation is the role of the prosecutor in law enforcement of ...
This article questions whether excessive policing practices can persist in an environment where law ...
This article contributes to the debate concerning the identification of politically relevant cases o...