Summaries and findings

Explaining Death and Atrocity in Darfur

Jan 17, 2008, John Hagan, Explaining Death and Atrocity in Darfur

(with A. Palloni) Drawing on a unique set of data-interviews with refugees-this project is examining empirically the claims of genocide in the Darfur region of the Sudan. It will provide an…

High school graduation rate is a barometer of the health of American society

Apr 1, 2008, James J. Heckman, The Foundation and Application of Disparate Impact Doctrine

James J. Heckman and Paul A. LaFontaine: The high school graduation rate is a barometer of the health of American society and the skill level of its future workforce. Throughout the first half of…

Antigone’s Lament, Creon’s Grief: Mourning, Membership and the Institution of Exception

Sep 10, 2008, Bonnie Honig, Antigone, Interrupted (in development)

Bonnie Honig develops a historically situated reading of Sophocles' Antigone as an exploration of the politics of lamentation and the larger ideological conflicts these stand for. The play is…

Architects of the State: International Organizations and the Reconstruction of States in the Global South

Sep 23, 2008, Terence Halliday, Globalization of Law and Markets

Architects of the State: International Organizations and the Reconstruction of States in the Global South Abstract: Since the G-7 called for a new international financial architecture,…

'The Juice Simply Isn't Worth the Squeeze in Those Cases Anymore:' Damage Caps, 'Hidden Victims,' and the Declining Interest in Medical Malpractice Cases

Mar 12, 2009, Stephen Daniels, It's Deja Vu All Over Again: Plaintiff's Lawyers and the Evolution of Tort Law and Practice in Texas

Stephen Daniels and Joanne Martin This paper empirically investigates two overlapping propositions: that plaintiffs' lawyers will stop handling certain clients in medical malpractice cases in the…