Linda Camp Keith, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Political Science

University of Texas at Dallas

 

RESEARCH: PUBLICATIONS

 

HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE COMPARATIVE RULE OF LAW

 

FORTHCOMING in JOURNAL OF POLITICS

 

"Is the Law a Mere Parchment Barrier to Human Rights Abuse?" (with C. Neal Tate and Steven C. Poe). 

 

SOLO-AUTHORED

 

·         " National Constitutions and Human Rights Protection: Regional Differences and Colonial Influences” in  Sabine Carey and Steven C. Poe, eds., The Systematic Study of Human Rights.  Ashgate Publishing (2004).

 

·         "Constitutional Provisions for Individual Human Rights (1976-1996): Are They More than Mere 'Window Dressing?'" Political Research Quarterly (March 2002) 55: 111-143.

 

·         "International Principles for Formal Judicial Independence: Trends in National Constitutions and Their Impact (1976 to 1996)."Judicature (March 2002) 85: 194-200.

 

·         "The United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: Does it Make a Difference in Human Rights Behavior?" Journal of Peace Research 36 (March 1999):95-118.

 

CO-AUTHORED:

 

·         “Legal Systems and Constitutionalism in Sub-Saharan Africa:  An Empirical Examination of Colonial Influences on Human Rights” (with Ayo Ogundele).  Human Rights Quarterly (November 2007) 29(4):1065-1097.

 

·         "Are Constitutional State of Emergency Clauses Effective? An Empirical Exploration" (with Steven C. Poe).  Human Rights Quarterly (November 2004) 26(4): 1071-1097.

 

·         "The U.S., the I.M.F., and Human Rights" (with Steven C. Poe). In The United States and Human Rights: Looking Inward and Outward, edited by David P. Forsythe (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2000).

 

·         "The Continuity of Suffering: Domestic Threat and Human Rights Abuse Across Time," (with C. Neal Tate, Steven C. Poe, and Drew Lanier). In Paths to State Repression: Human Rights and Contentious Politics in Comparative Perspective, ed. Christian Davenport (Boulder: Roman Littlefield, 2000).

 

·         "Repression of the Human Right to Personal Integrity Revisited: A Global Crossnational Study Covering the Years 1976-1993" (with Steven C. Poe and C. Neal Tate). International Studies Quarterly 43 (1999): 291-313.

 

THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT

 

SOLO AUTHORED:

 

·         The U.S. Supreme Court and the Judicial Review of Congress: Two Hundred Years in the Exercise of the Court's Most Potent Power.  Lang Publishers, Legal Studies Series.  June 2008.

 

·         “The United States Supreme Court and Judicial Review of Congress: 1803-2001.”  Judicature (Jan./Feb. 2007)90: 1-14.

 

CO-AUTHORED:

 

·         "Opinion Assignment and the Chief Justice: 1888-1940 (with Sandra Wood, Drew Lanier, and Ayo Ogundele). Social Science Quarterly 81(Fall 2000): 798-809.

 

·         "A Re-examination of the Impact of the Bork Nomination on Confirmation Criteria" (with Ayo Ogundele). Political Research Quarterly 52 (June 1999): 402-420.

 

·         "'Acclimation Effects' for Supreme Court Justices: A Cross-Validation: 1888-1940," (with Sandra Wood, Drew Lanier, and Ayo Ogundele). American Journal of Political Science 42 (April 1998): 690-697.

 

·         "The Supreme Court 1888-1940: An Empirical Overview" (with Sandra Wood, Drew Lanier, and Ayo Ogundele). Social Science History 22 (1998): 204-224.