26: Law and Courts

Georg Vanberg, University of North Carolina, gvanberg@unc.edu

The Law and Courts section invites proposals for papers and panels investigating the role of legal actors and institutions in the political process, including (but not limited to) judicial decision-making, the interactions between judicial institutions and other policy-makers, and the connections between legal and political processes in a broader social context. Proposals that develop a comparative perspective are encouraged. In keeping with this year's overall conference theme, which focuses on "Change and Complexity in the Contemporary Era," we are particularly interested in proposals that explore the changing role of courts in the political process, as well as proposals that explore the complex interactions between legal institutions and other societal actors.