| Variable | Measurement | Era | Code | N | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Judicial independence | Independence of highest court based solely on the legal foundations as found in legal documents. | 1990s | LegalIndependence1_1990s | 58 | Feld & Voigt 2003 |
| Factually ascertainable degree of independence of highest court. | 1960 – 98 | LegalIndependence2_1998 | 50 | Feld & Voigt 2003 | |
| Average duration of a procedure | Mean duration of the ‘Eviction of a tenant’ and the ‘Collection of a Check’(in calendar days), describing the total average duration of the ‘duration between the filing of the complaint and the moment of service of process to defendant’ + ‘duration between the service of the process and the moment the judgement is issued’ + ‘duration between the judgement and the moment the landlord repossesses the property or the creditor obtains payment’. | 1990s | LegalLenght_1990s | 75 | Djankov c.s. 2001 |
| Rule of law | Perceptions of incidence and costs of crime, the effectiveness and predictability of the judiciary, and the enforceability of contracts. | 1997/98 | RuleLaw_1998 | 91 | Kaufmann c.s. 1998 |
| 2000/01 | RuleLaw_2001 | 91 | Kaufmann c.s. 2001 | ||
| 2002 | RuleLaw_2002 | 173 | Kaufmann 2001, table C5 | ||
| 2006 | RuleLaw_2006 | 175 | Kaufmann 2005, table C5 | ||
| 2012 | Rulelaw2_2012 | 97 | WJP table 5 | ||
| Efficiency and integrity of legal system for business | Assessment of efficiency and integrity of
legal environment as it affects business, particularly foreign firms; average between 1980
and 1983. Scale 0-10, lower scores represent lower efficiency. | 1980-83 | LegalEffect_1980 | 48 | Djankov c.s. 2001 |
| Enforceability of contracts | Measures the relative degree to which
(international) contractual agreements are honored and complications are present due to
language and mentality differences. Scale 0-10, higher scores indicating higher enforceability. | 1990s | LegalEnforce_1990s | 47 | Djankov c.s. 2001 |
| Index of Mandatory Deadlines | Mean of ‘Check Collection’ and
‘Eviction of Tenant’. The higher the index, ranging 0-1, the more restrictive the law is. Index is average of the term for admission, to present evidence, to present defence, to form judgment, for compliance and for the notification of judgment. | 1990s | LegalDeadlines_1990s | 75 | Djankov c.s. 2001 |
| Regulation of Dispute Resolution Index | Describes substantive and procedural statutory
intervention in judicial cases at lower-level civil trial courts and is formed by adding
up the following indices: 1) Professional vs. laymen index, 2) Written versus oral index,
3) Legal justification index, 4) Statutory regulation of evidence index, 5) Superior
review/control index, 6) Other statutory interventions index, and 7) Independent
procedural actions >= median. Mean of cases ‘Eviction of a tenant’ and ‘Collection of a check’. Ranks 0 to 7; 7 means higher level of control/intervention. | 1990s | LegalDisputeReg_1990s | 75 | Djankov c.s. 2001 |
Related topics: Crime rate, Penal regime
Related themes: Crime, Institutional quality, Law, Risks
The dataset States of Nations is about characteristics of countries in periods (macro variables). It is part of the World Database of Happiness. Though developed for the identification of societal conditions for happiness, the source can also be used for other purposes.