Publications, appendices, data

Recent publications, appendices, and data

Law Enforcement and Legal Professionals’ Trust in Algorithms (with Ryan Kennedy, Amanda Austin and Kenzy Ismael), Journal of Law & Empirical Analysis (2025) first online. https://doi.org/10.1177/2755323X251325594 

Replication data

Signed, Sealed, Counted? An Experimental Study of Mail-in Ballot Signature Verification (with Ryan Kennedy, Adam Ozer & Nicolay Marinov, Political Research Quarterly (2025). https://doi.org/10.1177/10659129251319298 

Replication data on publication website under supplemental materials 

Judicial Backsliding: A Guide to Collapsing the Separation of Powers (with Stephan Haggard), Democratization 32(2), 513–537 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1080/13510347.2024.2381092

Rebuilding the Rule of Law in the Era of Democratic Backsliding, Hague Journal on the Rule of Law 17, 31–59 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40803-024-00238-z

Influenced by Power or Reasons?  The Role of Amicus Curiae in Constitutional Court Decision-making (with Tanya Bagashka and Samantha Chapa),   East European Politics & Societies and Cultures,  38(1):  5-29.

Judicial Vetoes: Decision-making on Mixed Selection Constitutional Courts. Cambridge University Press(2022)  

Mixed Judicial Selection and Constitutional Review, Comparative Political Studies, 53(7): 1092-1123 (2020)

Replication data

The Role of Comparative Law in Political Science, American Journal of Comparative Law, 69(4): 720-747 (2022).

The Influence of Procurator Generals in Constitutional Review: The Case of Bulgaria (with Tanya Bagashka) Journal of Law and Courts,  9(1): 189-214  (2021) 

Replication data

Explaining Dissensus on the Bulgarian Constitutional Court (with Tanya Bagashka), East European Politics, 34(4): 418-439 (2018). 

The Political Determinants of Judicial Dissent: Evidence from the Chilean Constitutional Tribunal, European Political Science Review 8(3): 377-403 (2016). 

Replication data

Voter Knowledge of Candidates’ Judicial Philosophies (with Craig Burnett), Justice System Journal, 36(1): 49-62 (2015). 

Party Labels and Vote Choice in Judicial Elections (with Craig Burnett), American Politics Research, 23(2): 232- 254 (2014). 

The Rule of Law in Post-Conflict Settings:  The Empirical Record (with Stephan Haggard), International Studies Quarterly, 58(2):  405-417 (2014).  

Online Appendix. 

Economic Development Assumptions and the Elusive Curse of Oil (with Ryan Kennedy), International Studies  Quarterly, 57(4):  760-771 (2013). 

Online Appendix.

Chile's Criminal Law Reform:  Enhancing Defendants' Rights and Citizen Security, Latin American Politics and Society  54:  65-93 (2012)

Replication Data: Available upon request

Book chapters

Judicial Selection, Oxford Handbook on Comparative Judicial Behavior (eds. Lee Epstein, Gunnar Grendstad,  Urkˇsa Sadl, and Keren Weinshall)(2024)(chapter 17)

Appendix to chapter 17 

Reports for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe

Assessment of Macedonia's Sentencing Policy for Organized Crime and Corruption.  Organization  for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) (Skopje 2015)

An Analysis of Macedonian Sentencing Policy.  Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (2013).