A thorough update to this well-regarded political history of American public administration. In
this new edition of his provocative book Bureaucracy and Self-Government, Brian J. Cook …

" State trial judges have a great deal of authority and discretion over criminal
prosecutions."'What a judge does with that authority and discretion in criminal cases …

Recent work on the US Supreme Court argues that Supreme Court decision making is
constrained by several factors, including public opinion. These constraints are not uniform …

Objectives Identifying ways to shift public attitudes toward support for alternative approaches
to criminalized behavior is necessary to address mass incarceration. We test whether …

At least four observationally equivalent theories argue that federal judges follow public
opinion when they decide cases. Yet there is mixed empirical support for these theories …

Whether public opinion influences federal judges is a question that has long motivated—but
often eluded—scholars. In this article, we examine two related questions: First, whether …

This dissertation is an empirical attempt to explain how nongovernmental organizations
(NGOs) and public opinion influence Indonesia's Constitutional Court (Mahkamah …

Why do justices use emotional appeals in their opinions? I explain this strategic decision
using a theory based on conflict and audience. In non-salient cases, justices primarily speak …

The United States Supreme Court is commonly thought to be an institution far removed from
American public opinion. Yet nearly two-thirds of modern Supreme Court decisions reflect …

Since the legalization of homeschooling in 1972, litigation by homeschooling adversaries
has shaped the legal frameworks regulating its practice. Adjudicating between …