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"The book is a short introduction to Comparative Law and Economics, a growing field in the interaction between Law, Economics and Comparative Political Science. It is guide to economists, lawyers and political scientists looking for a brief overview. It includes both strands of the traditional literature, namely the role of legal families and microeconomic analysis of legal rules in a comparative perspective. The study of courts at the global level is complemented by comparative judicial politics."

AbstractDifferent personal attributes have been considered to account for judicial policy preferences around the world: ideology, age, gender, race, religion, language and professional background. The appointment of foreign judges is a particularly rare characteristic since most countries do not entertain such a possibility. We use the specific case of the Constitutional Court of Andorra to test the extent to which foreign-appointed judges make a difference, and particularly whether they are more or less inclined to favour local petitioners. An empirical analysis of the entire population of abstract review cases in the period 1993–2016 does not indicate a strong statistical effect.

In this essay we shall discuss Justice as a public conflict-solving system promoted by the state, as well as the reforms necessary for its effectiveness in a globalized world. While the logic of privatization appears to be consensually disconnected from the field of Justice, the paradigmatic changes seem to be more intricate both in their genesis and implementation. The meagre results of the various reform packages of the last years should alert us to the complexity of Justice. Adapted from the source document.