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View article: Documenting legal dissonance: legal pluralism in Papua New Guinea
Documenting legal dissonance: legal pluralism in Papua New Guinea Open
We examine the case of payback killings and similar retributive sanctions in the context of a transplant regime such as that existing in Papua New Guinea. This is a post-colonial regime with multiple overlaid legal systems, with significan…
View article: Follow-the-leader ? Measuring the internationalisation of law
Follow-the-leader ? Measuring the internationalisation of law Open
Expressive law is said to induce compliance with stated principles without a price on non-compliance. We empirically assess this proposition, by attempting to dis-entangle the impacts of a legal change (a 5p charge on use of plastic bags),…
View article: The impact of law on moral and social norms: evidence from facemask fines in the UK
The impact of law on moral and social norms: evidence from facemask fines in the UK Open
We measure the extent that a prevailing law can affect moral and social norms. We use variations in facemask fines in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic as a case study, as it presents us with many features of a natural experiment. Our an…
View article: Exorcising Malthusian ghosts: Vaccinating the Nexus to advance integrated water, energy and food resource resilience
Exorcising Malthusian ghosts: Vaccinating the Nexus to advance integrated water, energy and food resource resilience Open
Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus interactions vary from seemingly negative and intractable wicked problems to opportunities for enhanced sustainability. The aim of this paper is to review the current state of understanding on WEF resource int…
View article: Follow the Leader? Testing for the Internalization of Law
Follow the Leader? Testing for the Internalization of Law Open
The internalization of law is said to be a process that involves a change in people’s intrinsic motivation to act in accord with law’s obligations – so that it is possible to observe imposed obligations become individual choices. We empiri…
View article: Dictators Walking the Mogadishu Line: How Men Become Monsters and Monsters Become Men
Dictators Walking the Mogadishu Line: How Men Become Monsters and Monsters Become Men Open
History offers many examples of dictatorswho worsened their behavior significantly over time (like Zimbabwe's Mugabe) as well as dictators who displayed remarkable improvements (like Rawlings of Ghana).We show that such mutations can resul…
View article: On the Perils of Commitment to Punishment when Criminals Are Strategic
On the Perils of Commitment to Punishment when Criminals Are Strategic Open
For some crimes the perpetrator can be detected costlessly but can only be apprehended at significant cost, or not at all for some period of time. To deter strategic behavior in the period between detection and apprehension, authorities ma…
View article: Scaling the nexus: Towards integrated frameworks for analysing water, energy and food
Scaling the nexus: Towards integrated frameworks for analysing water, energy and food Open
The emergence of the water–energy–food (WEF) nexus has resulted in changes to the way we perceive our natural resources. Stressors such as climate change and population growth have highlighted the fragility of our WEF systems, necessitatin…
View article: Do Voluntary Commons Associations Deliver Sustainable Grazing Outcomes? An Empirical Study of England
Do Voluntary Commons Associations Deliver Sustainable Grazing Outcomes? An Empirical Study of England Open
In 1965, the Commons Registration Act came into force in England and Wales. The Act led to the removal of the capacity of commoners to regulate the intensity of grazing via traditional legal means. From this policy shock a number of volunt…
View article: The potential impact of Brexit on the energy, water and food nexus in the UK: A fuzzy cognitive mapping approach
The potential impact of Brexit on the energy, water and food nexus in the UK: A fuzzy cognitive mapping approach Open
Energy is one of the cornerstones essential for human life, along with other services such as water and food. Understanding how the different services in the energy-water-food (EWF) nexus interact and are perceived by different actors is k…
View article: The Benefits of Forced Experimentation: Striking Evidence from the London Underground Network
The Benefits of Forced Experimentation: Striking Evidence from the London Underground Network Open
We estimate that a significant fraction of commuters on the London underground do not travel their optimal route. Consequently, a tube strike (which forced many commuters to experiment with new routes) taught commuters about the existence …
View article: Dictators Walking the Mogadishu Line: How Men Become Monsters and Monsters Become Men
Dictators Walking the Mogadishu Line: How Men Become Monsters and Monsters Become Men Open
History offers many examples of dictators who worsened their behavior significantly over time (like Zimbabwe’s Mugabe) as well as dictators who displayed remarkable improvements (like Rawlings of Ghana). We show that such mutations can res…