Issue: June 2009

Press Release

Study: Torture reports rose despite U.N. convention

Newly published research suggests that government use of torture has increased worldwide despite international norms discouraging it.

Happiness Gap in the U.S. Narrows
Study finds Americans getting more similar in reported happiness

The American population as a whole is no happier than it was three decades ago. Happiness inequality--the gap between the happy and the not-so-happy--has narrowed significantly.

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  1. Law Enforcement, Malfeasance, and Compensation of Enforcers

    Gary S. Beckerand George J. Stigler

  2. A Fine Is a Price

    By Uri Gneezy and Aldo Rustichini

  3. The Selection of Disputes for Litigation

    George L. Priestand Benjamin Klein

  4. Toward an Economic Theory of Liability

    John Prather Brown

  5. Strict Liability versus Negligence

    Steven Shavell

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  1. Implicit Quotas

    Roland G. Fryer, Jr.

  2. A Fine Is a Price

    By Uri Gneezy and Aldo Rustichini

  3. The Effect of Judicial Independence on Courts: Evidence from the American States

    Daniel Berkowitz and Karen Clay

  4. A Strategic Interpretation of Legal Transplants

    Nuno Garoupa and Anthony Ogus

  5. Negative Liability

    Giuseppe Dari‐Mattiacci

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June 2009

Volume 38, Number 2