Comparative Law

Related Faculty

Rachel A. Cichowski
Professor and Chair of Political Science

Related Research

Michael McCann, “Law and Social Movements: Old Themes and New Directions for Research.” Forthcoming in edited book on The Uses of Law by Social Movements, Julie Ringelheim, ed. 2020
Rachel A. Cichowski. "Data Infrastructure Innovation in the Field of Law & Courts: The European Court of Human Rights Database (ECHRdb)." In S. Sterett and L. Walker, eds. Research Handbook: Law and Courts. 2019. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing.
McCann, Michael W. "A Transformative Politics of Rights: Lessons about Legal Leveraging and Its Limitations." w/ George Lovell. Paul Gray, ed. From the Streets to the State: Changing the World by Taking Power. SUNY Press. 2018.
McCann, Michael W. “Introduction.” (lead author). Injury and Injustice: The Cultural Politics of Harm and Redress. Primary essay author. Book co-edited with Anne Bloom and David Engel. Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Jason Lambacher. "The Politics of the Extinction Predicment – Democracy, Futurity, and Responsibility." Diss., U of Washington, 2013.
Jamie Mayerfeld. "U.S. Courts Reject Accountability for Torture." University of Washington Center for Human Rights Annual Report, 2011-12.
George Lovell. "Imagined Rights Without Remedies: The Politics of Novel Legal Claims". Loyola Los Angeles Law Review, vol. 44, pp. 91-119, 2010
Jamie Mayerfeld. "Ruthlessness, Impunity, and the Effacement of International Human Rights Law." Santa Clara Journal of International Law, vol. 8, 2010, pp. 289-312.
Jamie Mayerfeld. "The Democratic Legitimacy of International Human Rights Law." Indiana International and Comparative Law Review, 19, no. 1, 2009, pp. 49-88.
Rachel A. Cichowski. "Courts, Democracy and Governance." Comparative Political Studies (2006a), 39, pp. 3-21.