The Institute and the Journal specialize in the interdisciplinary, comprehensive and comparative
analysis of the following topics.
- definition of the legal components of democracy
- legal framework of the electoral system and process
- balance of law and politics in the legislature as a branch of government and in the legislative process
- applicability of the general law to legislative institutions and the interaction between the general law and the legal rules specific to legislative institutions
- law of parliamentary privilege
- choice of legal or other instruments for governing
- presence of law and its accommodation to or conflict with other types of instruments in the management of the executive branch of government
- legal aspects of, and requirements for, good governance
- enforceability through legal means of electoral, political or policy promises by figures in public life
- role, influence and impact of law in politics
- evolution of the legal system toward inclusiveness vis-à-vis aboriginals, descendants of the founding races and immigrants
- examination of whether and when the use of judicial process, litigation, prosecution or judicial inquiry is warranted and appropriate
- relative weight of legal, policy and political influences in the staffing of the judicial branch of government, in the adjudication of judicial disputes on issues of public governing and in prosecutions involving political issues
- combination of law, public policy and administration, and politics in the constant modernization of Parliament, its institutions and processes
- combination of law, public policy and administration, and politics in the constant reform of government institutions and process
- interaction of law, public policy and administration, and politics in democratization
- legal view of the public interest
- accountability to law of heads of State and government