The discipline of political science has developed an active research program on the
development, operation, spread, and impact of international legal norms, agreements, and …

In recent years, scholars and policymakers have rediscovered the concept of industrial
districts-spatial concentrations offirms in the same industry or related industries. In this …

The role of international law in global politics is as poorly understood as it is important. But
how can the international legal regime encourage states to respect human rights? Given that …

Rapidly innovating industries are not behaving the way theory expects. Conventional
industrial organization theory predicts that when parties in a supply chain have to make …

Judicial Independence in International Tribunals, argues that the only ef-fective international
tribunals are" dependent" tribunals, by which they mean ad hoc tribunals staffed by judges …

In Fiduciary Law, Tamar Frankel examines the structure, principles, themes, and objectives
of fiduciary law. Fiduciaries, which include corporate managers, money managers, lawyers …

This Article studies the relationship between formal and informal contract enforcement. The
theoretical literature treats the two strategies as separate phenomena. By contrast, a rich …

Judges at the international level, like judges in national legal systems, frequently make law
in the course of resolving disputes. Yet, to date, we have little positive theory regarding the …

Treaties are negotiated, usually written down, and often subject to cumbersome domestic
ratification processes. Nonetheless, nations often have the right to withdraw unilaterally from …

It is hard to explain why states comply with international law. The defining characteristic of
international law is the lack of a centralized enforcement mechanism. International law is …