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Program in Judicial Politics

The Program in Judicial Politics has been a steady producer of Ph.D.'s. It provides broad coverage of both the judicial process and judicial decision-making.

Faculty: Lawrence Baum, Gregory Caldeira, and Elliot Slotnick.

Recent Placements:

    Emory University
    Louisiana State University
    Texas Tech University
    University of Virginia
    Indiana University

Recent Doctoral Dissertations:

"Office of the Solicitor General Participation before the U.S. Supreme Court: Influences on the Decision-Making Process"

"Elite Messages and Public Opinion: The Case of the Ohio Supreme Court"

"Contesting the Constitution: Conservative Christian Litigators and their Impact"

"The Impact of Interest Groups on Judicial Decision Making: A Comparison of Women's Groups in the U.S. and Canada"

"The Adoption and Rejection of Legal Doctrines: Explaining the Choices of Federal Appellate Judges"

"Double Agents: An Exploration of the Motivations of Court of Appeals Judges"

"Governing Justice: Rotating Three-Judge Panels and Strategic Behavior on the U.S. Courts of Appeals"

"U.S. Government Litigation Strategies in the Federal Appellate Courts"

Several of our faculty and graduate students work with the Center for Law, Policy, and Social Science at the Moritz Law School of Ohio State University.