Law enforcement with unlawful investigations and enforcer's liability
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- Eric Langlais & Ken Yahagi, 2025. "Law enforcement with unlawful investigations and enforcer's liability," Working Papers hal-05041878, HAL.
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Keywords
police officers' liability; misconduct; rent-seeking government.;All these keywords.
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- K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LAW-2025-05-05 (Law and Economics)
- NEP-MIC-2025-05-05 (Microeconomics)
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