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).

• List of Figures and TablesNotes on Contributors1 Quantification of Performance as a Regulatory Technique: An IntroductionMauro Bussani, Sabino Cassese and Marta InfantinoPart 1Justice and Education2 Revisiting ‘Justice in Numbers’ in Brazil: Quantified Justice, Managerial Judges, and Numeroids as a Regulatory TechniquePedro Rubim Borges Fortes3 Performance-Based Evaluation in Mexico’s Federal Administrative Justice Tribunal and the Federal Judiciary Power: A ComparisonLuis José Béjar, Juan Antonio Casanovas and Carlos A. Villanueva4 Judicial Performance Index in India: Charting a New CourseManjeri Subin Sunder Raj and Chiradeep Basak5 Performance Assessment in Courts – the Swiss CaseAndreas Lienhard6 Admission Algorithms for Affirmative Action in Higher Education: The South African ExperienceViyaleta Farysheuskaya and Patrizio Piraino7 Quantification and Parameterization of Legal Research: The Case of PolandAndrzej JakubowskiPart 2National Policy Making8 Algorithmic Decision-Making and Public Sector Accountability in Africa - New Challenges for Law and PolicyRaenette Gottardo9 Governance and Quantification of Performance in ChinaIvan Cardillo10 Use and Abuse of Quantitative Methodology for Policy Making in JapanTatsuhiko Inatani and Masahiko Kinoshita11 Measuring Human Rights Performance in the UK: Liberalism, Communitarianism, and the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s ‘Drunkard’s Search’David McGroganPart 3Transnational and International Market-Related Activities12 Profiling in Algorithm-Based Decisions: An African PerspectiveSalvatore Mancuso and Livio Corselli13 Trust in an ‘Omnimetric Society’? Reputational Systems in Platforms as Tools for Assessing Contractual Performance and Applying RemediesTeresa Rodríguez de las Heras Ballell14 Performance Measurements in Compliance with Corporate Social Responsibility ObligationsLukas Heckendorn Urscheler15 The Role of International Organizations in the Production of Legal MetricsKevin E. Davis16 Quantification of Performance as a Regulatory Technique: A Comparative AppraisalMauro Bussani, Sabino Cassese and Marta InfantinoDetailed Table of ContentsIndex