The fields that it covers are: studies of law in action the sociology of law the anthropology of law cultural studies of law, including the role of legal discourses in social formations law and economics law and politics and studies of governance. Benedict Kingsbury is Murry and Ida Becker Professor of Law and director of the Institute for International Law and Justice at New York University School of Law.Ĭambridge Studies in Law and Society aims to publish the best scholarly work on legal discourse and practice in its social and institutional contexts, combining theoretical insights and empirical research. Davis is Beller Family Professor of Business Law and Vice Dean at New York University School of Law. Sally Engle Merry is Silver Professor of Anthropology at New York University. Millennium Challenge Corporation in allocating U.S. Also examined is the use of performance indicators by the European Union for accession countries and by the U.S.

Original case studies include Freedom House’s Freedom in the World indicator, the Global Reporting Initiative’s structure for measuring and reporting on corporate social responsibility, the World Justice Project’s measurement of the rule of law, the World Bank’s Doing Business index, the World Bank–supported Worldwide Governance Indicators, the World Bank’s Country Performance Institutional Assessment, and the Transparency International Corruption (Perceptions) index.

The Quiet Power of Indicators Using a power-knowledge framework, this volume critically investigates how major global indicators of national legal governance are produced, disseminated, and used, and to what effect.

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