Comparative Legal Metrics

Mauro Bussani, Ph.D. h.c. (2019, Fribourg), is Full Professor of Comparative Law at the University of Trieste (Italy), and Adjunct Professor at the Law School of the University of Macao (S.A.R. of the People’s Republic of China). Sabino Cassese, Ph.D. h.c. (1987, Aix-en-Provence and Cordoba; 1995, Paris II; 1998, Castilla-La Mancha; 2002, Athens and Macerata; 2010, European University Institute; 2016, Roma Sapienza), is Emeritus Judge of the Italian Constitutional Court and Emeritus Professor, Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa (Italy). Marta Infantino, Ph.D. (2008, Palermo), LL.M. (2011, New York University), is Associate Professor of Comparative Law at the University of Trieste (Italy).

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1 Quantification of Performance as a Regulatory Technique: An Introduction

  Mauro Bussani, Sabino Cassese and Marta Infantino



Part 1

Justice and Education

2 Revisiting ‘Justice in Numbers’ in Brazil: Quantified Justice, Managerial Judges, and Numeroids as a Regulatory Technique

  Pedro Rubim Borges Fortes



3 Performance-Based Evaluation in Mexico’s Federal Administrative Justice Tribunal and the Federal Judiciary Power: A Comparison

  Luis José Béjar, Juan Antonio Casanovas and Carlos A. Villanueva



4 Judicial Performance Index in India: Charting a New Course

  Manjeri Subin Sunder Raj and Chiradeep Basak



5 Performance Assessment in Courts – the Swiss Case

  Andreas Lienhard



6 Admission Algorithms for Affirmative Action in Higher Education: The South African Experience

  Viyaleta Farysheuskaya and Patrizio Piraino



7 Quantification and Parameterization of Legal Research: The Case of Poland

  Andrzej Jakubowski



Part 2

National Policy Making

8 Algorithmic Decision-Making and Public Sector Accountability in Africa - New Challenges for Law and Policy

  Raenette Gottardo



9 Governance and Quantification of Performance in China

  Ivan Cardillo



10 Use and Abuse of Quantitative Methodology for Policy Making in Japan

  Tatsuhiko Inatani and Masahiko Kinoshita



11 Measuring Human Rights Performance in the UK: Liberalism, Communitarianism, and the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s ‘Drunkard’s Search’

  David McGrogan



Part 3

Transnational and International Market-Related Activities

12 Profiling in Algorithm-Based Decisions: An African Perspective

  Salvatore Mancuso and Livio Corselli



13 Trust in an ‘Omnimetric Society’? Reputational Systems in Platforms as Tools for Assessing Contractual Performance and Applying Remedies

  Teresa Rodríguez de las Heras Ballell



14 Performance Measurements in Compliance with Corporate Social Responsibility Obligations

  Lukas Heckendorn Urscheler



15 The Role of International Organizations in the Production of Legal Metrics

  Kevin E. Davis



16 Quantification of Performance as a Regulatory Technique: A Comparative Appraisal

  Mauro Bussani, Sabino Cassese and Marta Infantino



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