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Rational Remedies: The Role of Opinion Clarity in the Inter-American Human Rights System by Staton, Jeffrey K, Romero, Alexia

“…Abstract International courts have far-from-perfect records of compliance. States routinely delay the implementation of policy changes necessary to come into…”
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Domestic Judicial Institutions and Human Rights Treaty Violation by Powell, Emilia Justyna, Staton, Jeffrey K.

“…Democratic and autocratic states routinely violate their international agreements protecting human rights. Scholars typically link ratification and compliance…”
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The Value of Vagueness: Delegation, Defiance, and Judicial Opinions by Staton, Jeffrey K., Vanberg, Georg

“…An established line of research demonstrates that vague judicial opinions are less likely to be implemented than clear opinions. Vague opinions thus present a…”
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A Global Measure of Judicial Independence, 1948–2012 by Linzer, Drew A., Staton, Jeffrey K.

“…We present a new cross-national measure of de facto judicial independence, which is available for 200 countries from 1948 to 2012. To do so, we introduce a…”
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Judicial Power in Domestic and International Politics by Staton, Jeffrey K., Moore, Will H.

“…Although scholars have made considerable progress on a number of important research questions by relaxing assumptions commonly used to divide political science…”
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An Evaluation of Cross-National Measures of Judicial Independence by Ríos-Figueroa, Julio, Staton, Jeffrey K.

“…We provide a conceptual map of judicial independence and evaluate the content, construct, and convergent validity of 13 cross-national measures. There is…”
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The Costa Rican Supreme Court’s Compliance Monitoring System by Gauri, Varun, Staton, Jeffrey K., Cullell, Jorge Vargas

“…In the summer of 2009, the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Costa Rica began monitoring compliance with its direct orders in amparo and habeas…”
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Constitutional Review and the Selective Promotion of Case Results by Staton, Jeffrey K.

“…A significant majority of the world's constitutional courts publicize their decisions through direct contact with the national media. This interest in public…”
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Conceptualizing and Measuring Democracy: A New Approach by Coppedge, Michael, Gerring, John, Altman, David, Bernhard, Michael, Fish, Steven, Hicken, Allen, Kroenig, Matthew, Lindberg, Staffan I., McMann, Kelly, Paxton, Pamela, Semetko, Holli A., Skaaning, Svend-Erik, Staton, Jeffrey, Teorell, Jan

“…In the wake of the Cold War, democracy has gained the status of a mantra. Yet there is no consensus about how to conceptualize and measure regimes such that…”
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Legal Institutions and Democratic Survival by Reenock, Christopher, Staton, Jeffrey K., Radean, Marius

“…Do institutions designed to limit arbitrary government promote the survival of democratic regimes? Although the international effort to build the rule of law…”
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Estimating the Effect of Leisure on Judicial Performance by Clark, Tom S., Engst, Benjamin G., Staton, Jeffrey K.

“…Past research suggests that natural preferences for leisure influence the ways in which federal judges carry out their work. We consider the extent to which…”
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An Informational Model of Constitutional Jurisdiction by Clark, Tom S., Staton, Jeffrey K.

“…In shaping constitutional courts’ jurisdictions, societies must contend with the informational challenges associated with rule making and the distributive…”
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Using Twitter to Study Public Discourse in the Wake of Judicial Decisions: PUBLIC REACTIONS TO THE SUPREME COURT'S SAME-SEX-MARRIAGE CASES by CLARK, TOM S., STATON, JEFFREY K., WANG, YU, AGICHTEIN, EUGENE

“…At the intersection of behavioral and institutional studies of policy making lie a series of questions about how elite choices affect mass public opinion…”
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Dual Nationality Among Latinos: What Are the Implications for Political Connectedness? by Staton, Jeffrey K., Jackson, Robert A., Canache, Damarys

“…This study assesses the influence of dual nationality on connectedness to the American polity. Specifically, it examines whether first-generation dual national…”
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Commentary on the Articles Rule-of-Law Concepts and Rule-of-Law Models by Staton, Jeffrey K.

“…The alternative hierarchy implies that positive content follows control, which follows the core, which follows negative content, which follows consent.1…”
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Substitutable Protections: Credible Commitment Devices and Socioeconomic Insulation by Staton, Jeffrey K., Reenock, Christopher

“…Scholars have argued that credible commitment institutions have important impacts on political outcomes as diverse as economic growth and social order. If…”
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Managing expectations by Lindstädt, René, Staton, Jeffrey K

“…Followers of law, politics and business commonly relate stories of individuals who appear to predict an expected performance level below what they believe…”
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Judicial Policy Implementation in Mexico City and Mérida by Staton, Jeffrey K.

“…Recent theoretical arguments on judicial policy implementation posit a public enforcement mechanism for judicial decisions that challenge governmental…”
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State Delegate Selection Rules for Presidential Nominations, 1972–2000 by Meinke, Scott R., Staton, Jeffrey K., Wuhs, Steven T.

“…Scholars have devoted considerable attention to the consequences of delegate selection rules for presidential nominations, yet few have sought an explanation…”
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V-Dem: A New Way to Measure Democracy by Lindberg, Staffan I, Coppedge, Michael, Gerring, John, Teorell, Jan

“…In the last few decades, Western governments have spent huge sums of money to promote democracy abroad. We do not know which, if any, of these programs…”
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