Working Papers Series

• The Working Papers Series provides access to the latest law and judicial politics research conducted under the auspices of the S. Sidney Ulmer Project. All papers are reproduced in Adobe pdf formats, and require the Adobe Acrobat Reader. To obtain a free version of Acrobat, please visit www.adobe.com and download the software.
• WP 2007-03 Randazzo, Kirk A., Richard W. Waterman, and Michael P. Fix. "Statutory Constraint and State Supreme Courts: A Test of the Contingent Attitudinal Model." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association in Chicago, IL.
• WP 2007-02 Randazzo, Kirk A. "Strategic Anticipation in a Judicial Hierarchy." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association in Chicago, IL.
• WP 2007-01 Bumin, Kirill M., Kirk A. Randazzo, and Lee D. Walker. "Institutional Viability and High Courts: A Comparative Analysis." Paper presented at the interim meeting of the Research Committee for Comparative Judicial Studies in Melbourne, Australia.
• WP 2006-01 Randazzo, Kirk A. and Richard W. Waterman. "Statutory Influences on the U.S. Supreme Court: The Effect of Constraint and Discretion." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association in Philadelphia, PA.
• WP 2005-03 Randazzo, Kirk A., and Richard W. Waterman. "Political Control of the Supreme Court: The Splendid Myth of Judicial Independence." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association in Washington, DC.
• WP 2005-02 Bumin, Kirill M., Kirk A. Randazzo, and Lee D. Walker. "Institutional Viability and High Courts: A Comparative Analysis." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association in Chicago, IL.
• WP 2005-01 Remington, Lee R., and Kirk A. Randazzo. "A Comparative Analysis of Public Confidence in National Legal Systems." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association in New Orleans, LA
• WP 2004-04 Randazzo, Kirk A., Richard W. Waterman and Jeffrey A. Fine. "Statutory Constraint and the Federal Judiciary." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association in Chicago, IL.
• WP 2004-03 Hurwitz, Jon and Mark Peffley. "Racial Polarization on Criminal Justice Issues: Sources and Political Consequences of Fairness Judgments." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association in San Francisco, CA.
• WP 2004-02 Walker, Lee Demetrius. "The Justice System, Ideology and Social Change in the Consolidation of Democracy: Evidence from Nicaragua and Costa Rica." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association in Chicago, IL.
• WP 2004-01 Randazzo, Kirk A. "Judicial Decision Making in U.S. Foreign Policy Litigation." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the  Southern Political Science Association in New Orleans, LA.
• WP 2003-01 Randazzo, Kirk A. "Strategic Behavior and Foreign Policy Litigation in the Federal District Courts." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association in Philadelphia, PA.