Directory

Bibliography

Books

Democratic Deals: A Defense of Political Bargaining (Harvard University Press, 2024) (with Melissa Schwartzberg)
Political Legitimacy (New York University Press, 2019) (NOMOS LXI) (editor with Melissa Schwartzberg)
Privatization (NYU Press, 2019) (NOMOS LX) (editor with Melissa Schwartzberg)
Compromise (NYU Press, 2018) (NOMOS LIX) (editor)
Morality, Governance, and Social Institutions: Reflections on Russell Hardin (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018) (editor with others)
Immigration, Emigration, and Migration (NYU Press, 2017) (NOMOS LVII) (editor)
Wealth (NYU Press, 2017) (NOMOS LVIII) (editor with Melissa Schwartzberg)
The Priority of Democracy: Political Consequences of Pragmatism (Princeton University Press, 2011) (with James Johnson)
Designing Democratic Government: Making Institutions Work (Russell Sage, 2008) (editor with Margaret Levi et al.)
Courts, Judges and Politics: An Introduction to the Judicial Process (McGraw-Hill, 2006) (editor with others)
The Choices Justices Make (Congressional Quarterly Press, 1998) (with Lee Epstein)
Explaining Social Institutions (University of Michigan Press, 1995) (editor with Itai Sened)
Institutions and Social Conflict (Cambridge University Press, 1992) (German Translation: Institutionen und gesellschaftlicher Konflikt, 1997; Chinese Translation: Zhi du yu she hui chong tu, 2009)

Articles & Essays

How Personal Motivations Affect Judges’ Decisions, in The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Judicial Behaviour (Lee Epstein et al. eds., 2024) (with Lee Epstein)
How Social Identity and Social Diversity Affect Judging, 35 Leiden Journal of International Law 897-911 (2022) (with Lee Epstein)
Pragmatism in IR: The Prospects for Substantive Theorizing, 23 International Studies Review 1933-1958 (2021) (with others)
Institutional Bargaining for Democratic Theorists (or How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Haggling), 23 Annual Review of Political Science 259-276 (2020) (with Melissa Schwartzberg)
Book Review: Pragmatist Egalitarianism, 47 Political Theory 733-738 (2019) (reviewing David Rondel, Pragmatist Egalitarianism (2018))
Efficacious Judging on Apex Courts, in Comparative Judicial Review 272-289 (Erin F. Delaney & Rosalind Dixon eds., 2018) (with Lee Epstein)
Talking Judges, 67 Duke Law Journal Online 163-173 (2018) (with Mitu Gulati)
Strategic Accounts of Judging, in Routledge Handbook of Judicial Behavior 48-61 (Robert M. Howard & Kirk A. Randazzo eds., 2017) (with Lee Epstein)
The Economic Analysis of Judicial Behavior, in Oxford Handbook of U.S. Judicial Behavior 320-340 (Lee Epstein & Stefanie A. Lindquist eds., 2017) (with Lee Epstein)
How Bayesian are Judges?, 16 Nevada Law Journal 1061-1084 (2016) (with others)
Roundtable on Epistemic Democracy and Its Critics, 28 Critical Review 137-170 (2016) (with others)
Legitimacy, in The Encyclopedia of Political Thought 2079-2090 (Michael T. Gibbons ed., 2015) (with Samuel Bagg)
On Attempts to Gerrymander "Positive" and "Normative" Political Theory: Six Theses, 24 Good Society 30-48 (2015) (with James Johnson)
Some Ideas on How Political Scientists Can Develop Real-World Implications from Their Research (Without Becoming Policy Wonks or Law Professors), in Making Law and Courts Research Relevant: The Normative Implications of Empirical Research 14-26 (Brandon L. Bartles & Chris W. Bonneau eds., 2015) (with others)
The Imperative of Non-Ideal Theory, 12 Political Studies Review 361-368 (2014) (reviewing Elizabeth Anderson, The Imperative of Integration (2010))
In the Absence of Scrutiny: Narratives of Probable Cause (2013) (with others)
Reconsidering Judicial Preferences, 16 Annual Review of Political Science 11-31 (2013) (with Lee Epstein)
Talking Judges, 2010 The Legal Workshop - Duke Law Journal (2010) (with Mitu Gulati)
Are Empiricists Asking the Right Questions about Judicial Decisionmaking?, 58 Duke Law Journal 1531-1556 (2009)
Commnet: Causal Mechanisms and Generalizations, in Philosophy of the Social Sciences: Philosophical Theory and Scientific Practice 179-184 (Chris Mantzavinos ed., 2009)
Institutionalizing Toleration, in Toleration on Trial 31-47 (Ingrid Creppell, Russell Hardin, and Stephen Macedo eds., 2008)
The Priority of Democracy: A Pragmatist Approach to Political-Economic Institutions and the Burden of Justification, 101 American Political Science Review 47-61 (February 2007) (with James Johnson)
Evaluación de los Límites de la Democracia Radical, 14 Gestión y Política Pública 497-526 (2005) (with James Johnson)
Building a Bridge from Both Sides of the River: Law and Society and Rational Choice, 38 Law and Society Review 207-212 (2004) (with Lee Epstein)
Constitutional Interpretation from a Strategic Perspective, in Making Policy, Making Law: An Inter-Branch Perspective 170-188 (Mark C. Miller & Jeb Barnes eds., 2004) (with others)
Courts and Judges, in The Blackwell Companion to Law and Society 170-194 (Austin Sarat ed., 2004) (with Lee Epstein)
Institutionalizing Constitutional Democracy: The Role of Courts, in Politics from Anarchy to Democracy 196 (Irwin L. Morris, Joe A. Oppenheimer, and Karol Edward Soltan eds., 2004) (with Lee Epstein)
The Mutual Engagement of Political Theory and Empirical Research, in The Evolution of Political Knowledge: Theory and Inquiry in American Politics 93-97 (Edward J. Mansfield & Richard Sisson eds., 2004)
Constitutional Borrowing and Nonborrowing, 1 I-CON, International Journal of Constitutional Law 196-223 (2003) (with Lee Epstein)
The Norm of Prior Judicial Experience (and its Consequences for the U.S. Supreme Court), 91 California Law Review 903-966 (2003) (with others)
The Political (Science) Context of Judging, 47 St. Louis University Law Journal 783-817 (2003) (with others)
Trust, Institutions and Institutional Evolution: Industrial Districts and the Social Capital Hypothesis, 31 Politics & Society 537-566 (2003) (with Henry Farrell)
Selecting Selections Systems, in Judicial Independence at the Crossroads: An Interdisciplinary Approach 191-226 (Stephen B. Burbank & Barry Friedman eds., 2002) (with others)
The Strategic John Marshall (and Thomas Jefferson), in Marbury Versus Madison: Documents and Commentary 41-59 (Mark A. Graber & Michael Perhac eds., 2002) (with Lee Epstein)
Walter F. Murphy: The Interactive Nature of Judicial Decision Making, in The Pioneers of Judicial Behavior 197-227 (Nancy Maveety ed., 2002) (with Lee Epstein)
A Pragmatist Approach to the Proper Scope of Government, 157 Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 28-48 (2001)
Comparing Judicial Selection Systems, 10 William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal 7-36 (2001) (with others)
Explaining the Rise of Neoliberalism: The Mechanisms of Institutional Change, in The Rise of Neoliberalism and Institutional Analysis 27-50 (John L. Campbell and Ove K. Pedersen, 2001)
Institutionalizing Constitutional Interpretation, in Constitutional Culture and Democratic Rule 361-392 (John Ferejohn, Jack N. Rakove & Jonathan Riley eds., 2001)
Piercing the Veil: Justice William J. Brennan's Account of Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, 19 Yale Law and Policy Review 341-379 (2001) (with Lee Epstein)
Social Norms and the Rule of Law: Fostering Trust in a Socially-Diverse Society, in Trust in Society 354-373 (Karen Cook ed., 2001)
The Role of Constitutional Courts in the Establishment and Maintenance of Democratic Systems of Government, 35 Law and Society Review 117-163 (2001) (with others)
The Supreme Court as a Strategic National Policymaker, 50 Emory Law Review 583-611 (2001) (with others)
Distribution Fights, Coordination Games, and Lobster Management, 42 Comparative Studies in Society and History 209-238 (2000) (with James M. Acheson)
Suboptimality and Social Institutions: The Relationship Between Cognition and Context, in Cognition, Rationality, and Institutions 11-26 (Manfred E. Streit, Uwe Mummert & Daniel Kiwit eds., 2000)
Toward a Strategic Revolution in Judicial Politics: A Look Back, A Look Ahead, 53 Political Research Quarterly 625-661 (2000) (with Lee Epstein)
Constitutionalism and Deliberative Democracy, in Deliberative Politics: Essays on Democracy and Disagreement 159-169 (Stephen Macedo ed. , 1999)
Inquiry Into Democracy: What Might a Pragmatist Make of Rational Choice Theories?, 43 American Journal of Political Science 566-589 (1999) (with James Johnson)
Mapping Out the Strategic Terrain: The Informational Role of Amici Curiae, in Supreme Court Decision-Making: New Institutionalist Approaches (Cornell W. Clayton & Howard Gilman eds., 1999) (with Lee Epstein)
Book Review, 2 Law & Politics Book Review 103-106 (1998) (reviewing Cass R. Sunstein, Free Markets and Social Justice (1997))
Conflict over Changing Social Norms: Bargaining, Ideology, and Enforcement, in The New Institutionalism in Sociology 105-126 (Mary C. Brinton & Victor Nee eds., 1998) (with Jean Ensminger)
Justice and Fairness, 1 Annual Review of Political Science 425-449 (1998)
The Bases of Cooperation: Social Norms and the Rule of Law, 154 Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 754-763 (1998)
Book Reviews: Political Theory, 91 American Political Science Review 711-712 (1997) (reviewing Empirical Studies in Institutional Change (Lee J. Alston et al. eds.,1996), Preferences, Institutions, and Rational Choice (Keith Dowding & Desmond King eds., 1995), & The Theory of Institutional Design (Robert E. Goodin ed., 1996))
Changing Social Norms: Common Property, Bridewealth, and Clan Exogamy, 38 Current Anthropology 1-24 (1997) (with Jean Ensminger)
Explaining Economic Change: The Interplay Between Cognition and Institutions, 3 Legal Theory 211-226 (1997) (with Douglass North)
Explaining the Complexity of Institutional Change, in The Political Economy of Property Rights 349-354 (David L. Weimer ed., 1997) (with Douglass C. North)
Social Institutions and Human Cognition: Thinking About Old Questions in New Ways, 153 Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 693-699 (1997)
What Sort of Equality Does Democratic Deliberation Require?, in Deliberative Democracy: Essays on Reason and Politics 279-320 (James Bohman & William Rehg eds., 1997) (with James Johnson)
The Norm of Stare Decisis, 40 American Journal of Political Science 1018-1035 (1996) (with Lee Epstein)
On the Struggle for Judicial Supremacy, 30 Law & Society Review 87-120 (1996) (with Lee Epstein)
Political Consequences of Pragmatism, 24 Political Theory 68-96 (1996) (with James Johnson)
Models, Interpretations and Theories: Constructing Explanations of Institutional Emergence and Change, in Explaining Social Institutions 95-120 (Jack Knight & Itai Sened eds., 1995)
Aggregation and Deliberation: On the Possibility of Democratic Legitimacy, 22 Political Theory 277-296 (1994) (republished in, Deliberative Democracy & Political Development (Yu Keing ed., 2009)) (Chinese Translation) (with James Johnson)
Public Choice and the Rule of Law: Rational Choice Theories of Statutory Interpretation, in The Rule of Law 244-264 (Ian Shapiro ed., 1994) (NOMOS XXXVI) (with James Johnson)
Book Reviews: Politicial Theory, 87 American Political Science Review 776-777 (1993) (reviewing Todd Sandler, Collective Action: Theory and Applications (1992))
Public Good, in The Oxford Companion to Politics of the World (Joel Krieger ed., 1993)
Book Review, 2 Law & Politics Book Review 62-65 (1992) (reviewing Frank H. Easterbrook & Daniel R. Fischel, The Economic Structure of Corporate Law (1991))
Book Reviews: American Politics, 86 American Political Science Review 1063-1064 (1992) (reviewing Social Norms and Economic Institutions (Kenneth J. Koford & Jeffrey B. Miller eds., 1991))
Positive Models and Normative Theory: A Comment on Eskridge and Ferejohn, 8 Journal of Law, Economics and Organization 190-196 (1992)
Book Notes, 95 Ethics 390-390 (1985) (reviewing Bertrand Badie & Pierre Birnbaum, The Sociology of the State (1983))
Book Notes, 95 Ethics 393-393 (1985) (reviewing Susan Heckman, Weber, the Ideal Type and Contemporary Social Theory (1983))
Book Reviews, 95 Ethics 756-757 (1985) (reviewing Anthony T. Kronman, Max Weber (1983))
Book Notes, 94 Ethics 564-565 (1984) (reviewing Ralph Miliband,Capitalist Democracy in Britain (1982))
Book Notes, 94 Ethics 556-556 (1984) (reviewing Gordon Marshall, In Search of the Spirit of Capitalism (1982))
Book Notes, 94 Ethics 163-164 (1983) (reviewing David Harvey, The Limiits of Capital (1982))
Book Notes, 93 Ethics 632-632 (1983) (reviewing Robert Sugden, The Political Economy of Public Choice: An Introduction to Welfare Economics (1981))
Book Notes, 93 Ethics 648-649 (1983) (reviewing Keith S. Rosenn, Law and Inflation (1982))

Issues Edited

Judicial Institutions and Behavior, 82 Law & Contemporary Problems (No. 2, 2019) (with others)

Newspaper Articles and Commentary

Comments on Gutmann and Thompson, Democracy and Disagreement, The Good Society (January 1, 1997)
The New Institutionalism, Part II, Law & Courts Newsletter (January 1, 1997) (with Lee Epstein)
Book Review, 5 Law & Politics Book Review (January 1, 1995) (reviewing Douglas G. Baird et al., Game Theory and the Law (1994))
Comments on Segal and Spaeth, The Supreme Court and the Attitudinal Model, Law & Courts Newsletter (January 1, 1994)

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