Measurement Error in Human Rights (with Daniel Ho) (presented at the American Political Science Association, September 2004)
The Legal and Political Foundations of International Law (provides a new account of when and how international law comes to be; draws upon on a comprehensive new database created by coding all of the constitutions currently operating in the world, with special attention paid to the political processes that countries use to create domestic and international law) (in progress) (summary and codebook available)
Why Do Nations Join Human Rights Treaties? (examines why nations subscribe to international human rights treaties utilizing cross national data analysis and uses findings to assess a political theory of international law)
Do Environmental Treaties Make a Difference? (tests a theory of international law’s influence on state practices by examining the impact of multilateral environmental treaties on states’ environmental practices) (will be prepared for circulation in Fall 2004)
East Asia and Human Rights, in LEGALIZATION AND POLITICS IN EAST ASIA (Saadia M. Pekkanen ed., forthcoming 2005) (examines the role of international law in shaping human rights practices in East Asia) (will be prepared for circulation in 2005)
East Asia and Human Rights, in LEGALIZATION AND POLITICS IN EAST ASIA (Saadia M. Pekkanen ed., forthcoming 2005) (examines the role of international law in shaping human rights practices in East Asia) (will be prepared for circulation in 2005)
Who Adjudicates? (examines when and why states agree to the compulsory jurisdiction of the ICJ, the ICC, the WTO, and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea) (presented at the University of Chicago, Conference on Dispute Resolution, October 2004) (draft available)