The limited research on public support for voter identification (ID) laws suggests that informational cues can shape opinions about the topic. We test whether two forms of cues — framing and racial imagery — affect support for voter ID laws, both individually and in conjunction with one...

We examine levels of support for voter identification (ID) laws. Voter ID laws are highly politicized legislative acts originating at the state level. While some see them as necessary to prevent voting fraud, others argue that fraud is extremely rare and that voter ID laws can actually prevent...

This study examines Americans' generalized beliefs about how much the United States can trust other nations, as well as changes over time in such beliefs. Copyright (c) 2005 by the Southwestern Social Science Association.

Why is Asia lagging behind other regions in creating regional judicial institutions? What lessons from the operation of such institutions elsewhere could be valuable to Asian regional economic integration? I show that Asian states are not unusually averse to refer inter-state disputes over...

Why is Asia lagging behind other regions in creating regional judicial institutions? What lessons from the operation of such institutions elsewhere could be valuable to Asian regional economic integration? I show that Asian states are not unusually averse to refer inter-state disputes over...

Why and how do international courts justify decisions with citations to their own case law? We argue that, like domestic review courts, international courts use precedent at least in part to convince “lower” (domestic) courts of the legitimacy of judgments. Several empirical observations are...

Why is Asia lagging behind other regions in creating regional judicial institutions? What lessons from the operation of such institutions elsewhere could be valuable to Asian regional economic integration? I show that Asian states are not unusually averse to refer inter-state disputes over...

Do international court judgments influence the behavior of actors other than the parties to a dispute? Are international courts agents of policy change or do their judgments merely reflect evolving social and political trends? We develop a theory that specifies the conditions under which...