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A Workshop on Law and Political Economy is scheduled on May 14 and 15, 2024. Professor Sultan Mehmood is organizing the event along with Shaoda Wang, Professor at the University of Chicago and Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research…

NES professor Sultan Mehmood became Research Affiliate in the Harvard Law School’s Program in Islamic Law. Quoting the Harvard Law School's Website:

The seminar took place on September 21 at the campus of Northwestern University in Illinois. Sultan Mehmood made a presentation of his research “Reform Multiplier” to Post Docs/Docs and Graduate Students.

This paper provides evidence that a judge selection reform in Pakistan, which shifted the appointment power of judges from the President to a committee of judges had…

Express Tribune. "A judicial manifesto"

The 9th Annual Workshop on Relational Contracts Conference was hosted by the Becker-Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago, on September 8th and 9th, 2023. The Workshop combined theoretical, empirical, and real-world perspectives from several disciplines. In addition to papers from economists, were featured comments from lawyers working on relational contracts and contractual governance.

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The judiciary acts as a critical check over the other two branches of government – legislative and executive. This, however, can only be secured by its independence. How can this be achieved in countries without strong and well-established democratic institutions? According to NES Professor Sultan Mehmood, the first step should be the establishment of a proper…

The paper entitled, “Ramadan fasting increases leniency in judges from Pakistan and India” was published in Nature (Human Behavior/Social Sciences Section) and featured in The Times,