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Australian Royal Commissions Into Child Welfare, Abuse and Protection
Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Both nationally and internationally, the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (RCIRCSA) is widely viewed as a remarkably successful public inquiry. Unlike many other commissions, it was stable, attracted little controversy, was highly regarded, and led to extensive legal, regulatory and policy reform ...
Shurlee Swain, Katie Wright
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A modern-day litmus test for the sustainability of daily IVF practice - Alabama supreme court ruling overreaches in asserting that frozen embryos are legally children. [PDF]
Reprod Biol EndocrinolSeifer DB.
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Strategic litigation as a challenge for deliberative democracy
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Strategic litigation is a growing public concern, but remains understudied in democratic theory. In strategic litigation, collectives go to court with a political agenda that goes beyond their specific case. How should we assess the legitimacy of strategic litigation? Building on Lafont's model of deliberative democracy and Klein's distinction
Svenja Ahlhaus
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The nation‐state, non‐Western empires, and the politics of cultural difference
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract While empires have been central to political theory, they almost always refer to Western forms of imperialism and colonialism to which non‐Western societies are subject. But precolonial empires have ruled much of the world for much of known history. Building on recent International Relations (IR) scholarship, this article reconstructs an ideal
Loubna El Amine
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Reviewing fast or slow: A theory of summary reversal in the judicial hierarchy
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Appellate courts with discretionary dockets have multiple ways to review lower courts. We develop a formal model that evaluates the trade‐offs between “full review”—which features full briefing, oral arguments, and signed opinions—versus “quick review,” where a higher court can summarily reverse a lower court. We show that having the option of
Alexander V. Hirsch +2 more
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An ecclesiastical court: Christian nationalism and perceptions of the US Supreme Court
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Recently, scholars have increasingly examined the unique blending of Christian and political ideology known as Christian nationalism. During this period, the US Supreme Court has increasingly ruled in ways that favor Christian nationalism, and Court watchers have criticized several justices for showing bias toward Christianity at best and ...
Miles T. Armaly +3 more
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Rulers on the road: Itinerant rule in the Holy Roman Empire, AD 919–1519
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Itinerant rule, rule exercised through traveling, was a common yet insufficiently researched, premodern form of governance. Studying the determinants of ruler itineraries in the Holy Roman Empire, AD 919–1519, we argue that rulers' visits targeted “marginal” elites.
Carl Müller‐Crepon +3 more
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What is (de)politicization and what is wrong with it?
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract This article attempts to clarify the meaning of (de)politicization. Politicization sometimes refers to the inappropriate intrusion of partisan loyalties in nonpolitical social domains (affective politicization). Politicization can also constitute an ideal of civic agency and energy (contestatory politicization).
Dimitrios Halikias
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