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Perspectives of UN Special Rapporteurs on their Role: Inherent Tensions and Unique Contributions to Human Rights: by Naples-Mitchell, Joanna; This article evaluates the role of United Nations special rapporteurs through a systematic study of the perspectives of mandate-holders. Qualitative interviews with current and former rapporteurs...; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: February 2011 More

A Living Constitution: by Jasanoff, Sheila; Sequencing the human genome provided a powerful new way to represent human identity, and the moral implications of that re-representation are just beginning to unfold.; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: February 2011 More

Faith in the Law: The Role of Legal Arrangements in Religion-Based Conflicts Involving Minorities: by Liviatan, Ofrit; This Article examines the conflict-management role conferred upon the law within Western liberal democracies in the context of cultural tensions involving religious minorities. The Article finds that...; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: January 2011 More

Is Greece a Failing Developed State?: by Mylonas, Harris; Is the Greek crisis an isolated case or the first of a series of future failing developed states? The Greek financial crisis is not on the front page of the Financial Times anymore, but it is far...; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: January 2011 More

Disentangling Accountability and Competence in Elections: Evidence from U.S. Term Limits: by Alt, James; We exploit variation in U.S. gubernatorial term limits across states and time to empirically estimate two separate effects of elections on government performance. Holding tenure in office constant,...; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: January 2011 More

How, If at All, Is Racial and Ethnic Stratification Changing, and What Should We Do about It?: by Hochschild, Jennifer L.; These chapters on the politics of groups push the reader to consider a difficult but essential question: How, if at all, are old forms of racial and ethnic stratification changing? A broadly...; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: September 2010 More

“There’s No One as Irish as Barack O’Bama”: The Policy and Politics of American Multiracialism: by Hochschild, Jennifer L.; Weaver, Vesla; For the first time in American history, the 2000 United States census allowed individuals to choose more than one race. That new policy sets up our exploration of whether and how multiracialism is...; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: September 2010 More

Histories of Innocence: Post-War Stories in Peru: by Theidon, Kimberly S.; On November 1, 2006, Peruvian president Alan García announced he would be proposing a new law that would include the death penalty as one sanction for terrorism in the Penal Code. As he argued,...; Publication Type: Book Chapter; Published Date: August 2010 More

Histories of Innocence: Post-War Stories in Peru: by Theidon, Kimberly S.; On November 1, 2006, Peruvian president Alan García announced he would be proposing a new law that would include the death penalty as one sanction for terrorism in the Penal Code. As he argued,...; Publication Type: Book Chapter; Published Date: August 2010 More

Contemporary States of Emergency: The Politics of Military and Humanitarian Interventions: by Good, Mary-Jo DelVecchio; From natural disaster areas to zones of political conflict around the world, a new logic of intervention combines military action and humanitarian aid, conflates moral imperatives and political...; Publication Type: Book Chapter; Published Date: May 2010 More