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Constitutional Pluralism And Democratic Politics: Reflections On The Interpretive Approach Of Baker V. Carr, Guy-Uriel Charles
Constitutional Pluralism And Democratic Politics: Reflections On The Interpretive Approach Of Baker V. Carr, Guy-Uriel Charles
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Baker v. Carr is one of the Supreme Court's most important opinions, not least because its advent signaled the constitutionalization of democracy. Unfortunately, as is typical of the Court's numerous forays into democratic politics, the decision is not accompanied by an apparent vision of the relationship among democratic practice, constitutional law, and democratic theory. In this Article, Professor Charles revisits Baker and provides several democratic principles that he argues justifies the Court's decision to engage the democratic process. He examines the decision from the perspective of one of its chief contemporary critics, Justice Frankfurter. He sketches an approach, described as …
Lobbying And Information In Politics, John M. De Figueiredo
Lobbying And Information In Politics, John M. De Figueiredo
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Book Review, Donald L. Horowitz
The Positive Political Theory Of Cost-Benefit Analysis: A Comment On Johnston, Matthew D. Adler
The Positive Political Theory Of Cost-Benefit Analysis: A Comment On Johnston, Matthew D. Adler
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Book Review, Matthew D. Adler
Sovereign Bonds And The Collective Will, Lee C. Buchheit, G. Mitu Gulati
Sovereign Bonds And The Collective Will, Lee C. Buchheit, G. Mitu Gulati
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Income Distribution Dynamics With Endogenous Fertility, Daniel L. Chen, Michael Kremer
Income Distribution Dynamics With Endogenous Fertility, Daniel L. Chen, Michael Kremer
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Developing countries with highly unequal income distributions, such as Brazil or South Africa, face an uphill battle in reducing inequality. Educated workers in these countries have a much lower birth rate than uneducated workers. Assuming children of educated workers are more likely to become educated, this fertility differential increaases the proportion of unskilled workers, reducing their wages, and thus their opportunity cost of having children, creating a vicious cycle. A model incorporating this effect generates multiple stedy-state levels of inequality, suggesting that in some circumstances, temporarily increasing access to educational opportunities could permanently reduce inequality. Empirical evidence suggests that the …
Constitutional Design: Proposals Versus Processes, Donald L. Horowitz
Constitutional Design: Proposals Versus Processes, Donald L. Horowitz
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