Maya Berinzon
Biographic Data
| ID | 2078071 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maya Berinzon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maya |
| FAMILY NAME | Berinzon |
| SIGNATURE | BERINZON M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Library of Congress |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Measuring and explaining formal institutional persistence in French West Africa
Colonial institutions are thought to be highly persistent, but measuring that persistence is difficult. Using a text analysis method that allows us to measure similarity between bodies of text, we examine the extent to which one formal institution - the penal code - has retained colonial language in seven West African countries. We find that the contemporary penal codes of most countries retain little colonial language. Additionally, we find that…
Legal Families Without the Laws: The Fading of Colonial Law in French West Africa
Colonization has created a unique opportunity to test the endurance of legal transplants. Using a sample of seven former French colonies in West Africa, we examine how much of the colonial penal code has been retained by modern countries. This is done using a computer program that matches each article from the colonial code to the article most similar to it in each contemporary code. This novel algorithmic approach allows us to undertake millions…
Measuring and explaining formal institutional persistence in French West Africa
Colonial institutions are thought to be highly persistent, but measuring that persistence is difficult. Using a text analysis method that allows us to measure similarity between bodies of text, we examine the extent to which one formal institution - the penal code - has retained colonial language in seven West African countries. We find that the contemporary penal codes of most countries retain little colonial language. Additionally, we find that…
Legal Families Without the Laws: The Fading of Colonial Law in French West Africa
Colonization has created a unique opportunity to test the endurance of legal transplants. Using a sample of seven former French colonies in West Africa, we examine how much of the colonial penal code has been retained by modern countries. This is done using a computer program that matches each article from the colonial code to the article most similar to it in each contemporary code. This novel algorithmic approach allows us to undertake millions…
Legal Families Without the Laws: The Fading of Colonial Law in French West Africa
Colonization has created a unique opportunity to test the endurance of legal transplants. Using a sample of seven former French colonies in West Africa, we examine how much of the colonial penal code has been retained by modern countries. This is done using a computer program that matches each article from the colonial code to the article most similar to it in each contemporary code. This novel algorithmic approach allows us to undertake millions…
Measuring and explaining formal institutional persistence in French West Africa
Colonial institutions are thought to be highly persistent, but measuring that persistence is difficult. Using a text analysis method that allows us to measure similarity between bodies of text, we examine the extent to which one formal institution - the penal code - has retained colonial language in seven West African countries. We find that the contemporary penal codes of most countries retain little colonial language. Additionally, we find that…
Colonialism (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues (1 works) · Code (set theory) (1 works) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (1 works) · Colonisation (1 works) · Colonization (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (1 works)