| 2017 |
Ryan Black, Michigan State University
"Courting the President: How Circuit Court Judges Alter Their Behavior for Promotion to the Supreme Court." The American Journal of Political Science |
| 2017 |
Ryan Owens, University of Wisconsin
"Courting the President: How Circuit Court Judges Alter Their Behavior for Promotion to the Supreme Court." The American Journal of Political Science |
| 2017 |
Honorable Mention
Jay Krehbiel, Washington University in St. Louis
"The Politics of Judicial Procedures: The Role of Public Oral Hearings in the German Constitutional Court." The American Journal of Political Science |
| 2017 |
Honorable Mention
Charles Cameron, Princeton University
"Are Supreme Court Nominations a Move-the-Median Game?" The American Political Science Review |
| 2017 |
Honorable Mention
Jonathan Kastellec, Princeton University
"Are Supreme Court Nominations a Move-the-Median Game?" The American Political Science Review
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| 2017 |
Honorable Mention
Deborah Beim, Yale University
"Signaling and Counter-Signaling in the Judicial Hierarchy" An Empirical Analysis of En Banc Review." The American Journal of Political Science |
| 2017 |
Honorable Mention
Alexander Hirsch, California Institute of Technology
"Signaling and Counter-Signaling in the Judicial Hierarchy" An Empirical Analysis of En Banc Review." The American Journal of Political Science
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| 2017 |
Honorable Mention
Jonathan Kastellec, Princeton University
"Signaling and Counter-Signaling in the Judicial Hierarchy" An Empirical Analysis of En Banc Review." The American Journal of Political Science |
| 2016 |
Rachael Hinkle, University at Buffalo
"Legal Constraint in the U.S. Courts of Appeals." Journal of Politics 77(3): 721-735 |
| 2015 |
Terence K. Teo, Brown University
"Law, Focal Points, and Fiscal Discipline in the United States and the European Union.” American Political Science Review |
| 2015 |
R. Daniel Keleman, Rutgers University
"Law, Focal Points, and Fiscal Discipline in the United States and the European Union.” American Political Science Review |
| 2015 |
David M. Glick, Boston University
"Chief Justice Roberts’s Health Care Decision Disrobed: The Microfoundations of the Supreme Court’s Legitimacy,” American Journal of Political Science |
| 2015 |
Dino P. Christenson, Boston University
"Chief Justice Roberts’s Health Care Decision Disrobed: The Microfoundations of the Supreme Court’s Legitimacy,” American Journal of Political Science |
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2014 |
Veronica Michel, John Jay College-CUNY
"Human Rights Prosecutions and the Participation Rights of Victims in Latin America." 47 Law and Society Review 873 (2013) |
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2014 |
Kathryn Sikkink, Harvard University
"Human Rights Prosecutions and the Participation Rights of Victims in Latin America." 47 Law and Society Review 873 (2013 |
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2014 |
Tamir Moustafa, Simon Fraser University
"Islamic Law, Women's Rights, and Popular Legal Consciousness in Malaysia." 38 Law and Social Inquiry 168 (2013) |
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2013 |
Benjamin Lauderdale, London School of Economics
The Supreme Court’s Many Median Justices (American Political Science Review, volume 106, number 4 November 2012) |
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2013 |
Tom Clark, Emory University
The Supreme Court’s Many Median Justices (American Political Science Review, volume 106, number 4 November 2012) |
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2012 |
Pamela Corley, Southern Methodist University
Lower Court Influence on U.S. Supreme Court Opinion Content (January 2011 issue of The Journal of Politics) |
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2012 |
Paul Collins Jr., University of North Texas
Lower Court Influence on U.S. Supreme Court Opinion Content (January 2011 issue of The Journal of Politics) |
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2012 |
Bryan Calvin, Tarrant County College
Lower Court Influence on U.S. Supreme Court Opinion Content (January 2011 issue of The Journal of Politics) |
|
2011 |
Tom Clark, Emory University
"Locating Supreme Court Opinions in Doctrine Space" |
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2011 |
Benjamin Lauderdale, Harvard University
"Locating Supreme Court Opinions in Doctrine Space" |
|
2010 |
Steven Teles, Johns Hopkins University
"Transformative Bureaucracy: Reagan’s Lawyers and the Dynamics of Political Investment" |
|
2009 |
Michael Bailey, Georgetown University
Does Legal Doctrine Matter? Unpacking Law and Policy Preferences on the US Supreme Court |
|
2009 |
Forrest Maltzman, George Washington University
Does Legal Doctrine Matter? Unpacking Law and Policy Preferences on the US Supreme Court |
|
2008 |
Thomas Keck, Syracuse University
"Party, Policy, or Duty: Why Does the Supreme Court Invalidate Federal Statutes?" |
|
2007 |
Sara Benesh, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Understanding Public Confidence in American Courts" |
|
2006 |
Lee Epstein, Northwestern University School of Law
"The Supreme Court During Crisis" |
|
2006 |
Daniel Ho, Harvard University
"The Supreme Court During Crisis" |
|
2006 |
Jeffrey Segal, Stony Brook University
"The Supreme Court During Crisis" |
|
2005 |
Kevin McGuire, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
"The Least Dangerous Branch Revisited: New Evidence on Supreme Court Responsiveness to Public Preferences." Journal of Politics 66(4):1018-1035. |
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2005 |
James Stimson, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
"The Least Dangerous Branch Revisited: New Evidence on Supreme Court Responsiveness to Public Preferences." Journal of Politics 66(4):1018-1035. |
|
2004 |
Paul Frymer, University of California-San Diego
"Acting When Elected Officials Won't: Federal Courts and Civil Rights Enforcement in U.S. Labor Unions, 1935-85," (American Political Science Review, 2003) |
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2004 |
Honorable Mention
Tamir Moustafa, University of Wisconsin-Madison
"Law Versus the State: The Judicialization of Politics in Egypt," (Law and Social Inquiry, 2003) |
|
2003 |
James Gibson, Washington University
"Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation: Judging the Fairness of Amnesty in South Africa" American Journal of Political Science (2002) |
|
2002 |
Melinda Gann Hall, Michigan State University
State Supreme Courts in American Democracy: Probing the Myths of Judicial Reform |
|
2001 |
Mark Graber, University of Maryland
"The Jacksonian Origins of Chase Court Activism" |