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Department Named #1 Public Law Program
The Political Science Department was recently named the #1 Public Law program, according to a ranking released in the Spring 2009 issue of Law & Courts. These rankings were based on each department's publications in the top journals in political science between 1997 and 2008. Public law includes the study of judicial politics, jurisprudence, and constitutional law.
» Law & Courts (Spring 2009)Upcoming Events
- October 15, 3:00pm: Lucan Way, Democracy and the Uneven Playing Field. Monroe 428
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Recent Publications
- Eric Lawrence. "Adopting Direct Democracy: Tests of Competing Explanations of Institutional Change" (with Todd Donovan and Shaun Bowler). American Politics Research 37 (November): 1024-1047.
- Elizabeth Saunders. "Transformative Choices: Leaders and the Origins of Intervention Strategy." International Security 34 (Fall 2009): 119-161.
- Brandon Bartels. "The Constraining Capacity of Legal Doctrine on the U.S. Supreme Court." American Political Science Review 103 (August 2009): 474-495.
- Nathan Brown. The Struggle over Democracy in the Middle East: Regional Politics and External Policies (edited with Emad Shahin). New York: Routledge.
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Recent Awards
- Bruce Dickson, National Science Foundation. Generating Popular Support in Non-Democratic Regimes: The Case of China.
- Colm Fox, Matsushita International Foundation grant for research on the impact of decentralization in Indonesia
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