Self‐reported mental health and the Dobbs decision: Variation by State abortion laws
Contemporary Economic Policy, Volume 43, Issue 2, Page 199-225, April 2025.Abstract When a US Supreme Court ruling allowed states to ban abortion, women of childbearing age in the states where abortion became illegal reported higher rates of anxiety symptoms compared to similar‐aged women in other states and older women in the same states.
J. Michael Collins, Vivekananda Das
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Topics as Outcomes: Modeling the Influence of Intergovernmental Grants on Policy Diffusion
Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Intergovernmental grants stimulate the diffusion of policy reforms, as the federal government provides states with a financial incentive to adopt policies aligned with federal priorities. Less is known about the extent to which these grants also stimulate horizontal diffusion across states.
NaLette Brodnax, Sarah James
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Safeguarding Merit: Citizen Support for Civil Service Protections Against Political Interference
Public Administration Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT President Trump altered the U.S. federal civil service system by reducing merit‐based protections for bureaucratic expertise and expanding the scope of political appointments, shifting the balance long established under the Pendleton Act of 1883. Similar reforms have occurred at the state level with moves to at‐will employment.
Colt Jensen, Jaclyn Piatak
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Does the Threat of Killing Gays Deter Foreign Aid: The Case of Uganda's 2014 Anti‐Homosexuality Act
Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Much attention has been drawn on Uganda in recent years due to the strengthening of its anti‐LGBTQ legislation and rhetoric. Our study explores the aid‐deterring effect of anti‐LGBTQ legislation in an experimental setting using the Synthetic Control Method.
Elissaios Papyrakis, Luca Tasciotti
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Effectiveness of Individual Constitutional Complaints during Legal Proceedings before The Common Courts [PDF]
Journal of Constitutional Law, 2019 The current Civil Procedure Code of Georgia does not determine the courts’ competency or their obligation to suspend legal proceedings whenever the Constitutional Court is considering the constitutionality of the law applicable to the said legal ...
Salome Samkharadze
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The Remedies of Elimination of a Statutory Privilege Incompatible with the Right to Equality And Non-Discrimination by the Constitutional Courts [PDF]
Journal of Constitutional Law, 2019 While performing the constitutional review, constitutional courts often have to assess the constitutionality of legal provisions, which grant a privilege concerning social benefits, tax exemptions or similar matters to a certain group of the society ...
Nino Chochia
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Constitutional Proceedings: A New Challenge for Georgian Legal Education [PDF]
Journal of Constitutional Law, 2022 Taking into account the Georgian reality, the traditionalism reigning in law, the often excessive reliance on learning/teaching and evaluation methods, the unconscious fear of novelty, significantly hinder the evolution of disciplines.
Dimitry Gegenava, Paata Javakhishvili
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Its Hour Come Round at Last? State Sovereign Immunity and the Great State Debt Crisis of the Early Twenty-first Century [PDF]
, 2012 State sovereign immunity is a sort of constitutional comet, streaking across the sky once a century to the amazement and consternation of legal commentators. The comet’s appearance has usually coincided with major state debt crises: The Revolutionary War
Young, Ernest A.
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Examining the Doctrine of Discovery in Religion and Indigenous Studies
Religion Compass, Volume 20, Issue 1, January/February 2026.ABSTRACT Since the publication of Pagans in the Promised Land by Steven T. Newcomb (Shawnee/Lenape), scholarship on the Doctrine of Discovery has expanded significantly as a central issue in Indigenous law and politics. However, its implications remain underexamined in Religious Studies, Indigenous Studies, and legal scholarship.
Adam D. J. Brett, Betty Hill
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