1. On Italy, see Breton and Fraschini;On Canada;Padovano (2009) and Dalla Pellegrina and Garoupa,1989
2. On France, see Franck (2009) and Franck;On Portugal;On Spain, see Garoupa, Gili, and G�mez-Pomar (2012) and Garoupa, G�mez-Pomar, and Grembi,2009
3. and in particular on the Japanese Supreme Court, see Ramseyer and Rasmusen;On Japan;On the Philippines, see Escresa and Garoupa,2003