We offer a theoretical approach to federalism by defining a theoretical approach as a general account of the subject. It is general in that it applies in any political situation, at any time in history when political entities that are recognizable as nations existed. It is an account in being a...

While traditional criminology has ignored the historical dimension of female crime, social historical literature has examined the interplay between gender and the criminal process in a variety of historical settings. This review examines studies focusing on changes in crime, prosecution,...

In 2009, the Israeli High Court of Justice held that private prisons are unconstitutional. This was more than a domestic constitutional issue. The court anchored its decision in a carefully reasoned opinion arguing that the state has a monopoly on the administration of punishment, and thus...

Stephen Skowronek's The Politics Presidents Make argues that presidential administrations can be organized into sequences defined by distinctive paradigms of governance: one president defines or “reconstructs” a new approach to government (e.g. Jefferson, Jackson, Roosevelt) one or more...

Statutes dominate our legal system, but we have no theory about the best way to design them. The process that the U.S. Congress follows is haphazard and obscure. Any Member can introduce a bill. There are no requirements about who can draft the bill or how the basic decisions that it embodies...

Because federalism grants partial autonomy to subunits of a nation, it has potentially broad implications for a system of international law that is centered around the integrity of nation states. Military intervention by foreign nations might seem more justifiable if its purpose is to protect...