What Political Science Can Contribute to the Study of Law
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Andrew D. Martin
Abstract
Despite an inherent kinship, the studies of political science and law spent many decades isolated from one another. In recent years the two fields have become more and more integrated, with an increasing number of political scientists collaborating with law professors and joining law school faculties. Political science is a rigorous discipline that can benefit both legal scholars and lawyers. Public Law—the subfield of political science that studies law and courts—has much to offer in understanding how judges make decisions and how larger political and institutional contexts affect the legal system. Furthermore, law students can only benefit from exposure to the methodological approaches that are standard in political science. Enhanced integration of political science and law will inherently expand the knowledge and reach of lawyers and legal scholars due to the important contributions discussed in this article.
©2012 Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin/Boston
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- Judicial Review in China: A Positive Political Economy Analysis
- On the Benefits and Costs of Legal Expertise: Adjudication in Ancient Athens
- Beyond the State of Nature: Introducing Social Interactions in the Economic Model of Crime
- Is There A Piracy Kuznets Curve?
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- What Political Science Can Contribute to the Study of Law
- The Origin of Democracy in Athens
