ECPR Standing Group on Law and Courts

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The Junior Law and Politics Research Community is accepting proposals for its fall seminar series on zoom! Submit by August 25 for full consideration.

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Beyond the glass ceiling, more 'housework'? Womens' work assignment, performance and influence in political institutions | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja

Hi! I would just like to share that the first paper in my PhD has been accepted for publication in @thejop.bsky.social and you can read the "ahead of print" version here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...

This is a very big day for me!! Now I am a real PUBLISHED researcher!

IUROPA (www.iuropa.pol.gu.se) joins forces with UCL and Nuffield College to organise an Early Career Researcher workshop on Social Science Approaches to Law and Courts. Apply by 31 March with @icuervo.bsky.social!

Starter pack for scholars in the Centre on Law & Social Transformation network (LawTransform www.lawtransform.no) and others researching the strategic use of rights, law & court for social change. #lawfare #legalmobilization. ♦️Want to be included? Let us know in comments ♦️
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Don't forget to submit your papers to our "The Politics of Law and Courts" section! The deadline is January 6!

Gender and judging revisited: Voting patterns of male and female judges under different judicial constraints Decades of research have investigated: 1) whether female judges decide cases differently from their male counterparts, and 2) how judicial constraints influence judicial decision-making. However, we k...

Dear friends,

If you find yourself in need of something to read during the holiday season (and you are interested in gender and judicial politics), I just published the second paper in my dissertation on APSA preprints:

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The #ecprgc25 section on The Politics of Law and Courts has 10 great pre-planned panels? Submit your paper abstract to the relevant panel chair by December 20 to join one of them!

Studying the role of courts & judicialization in the welfare sector? 📝 Join us at #ecprgc25 in Thessaloniki (August 26-29, 2025)! Send your paper proposal to karin.leijon@statsvet.uu.se (deadline December 20 ⏰) - or check out the other great panels in the Section "The Politics of Law and Courts" 👇👇👇

Join our panel at ECPRGC2025 on "Courts and Public Support" that I chair together with Aylin Aydin-Cakir!
Please write me if you´re interested in participating!

📢 Coming to Madrid for EPSA Conference? I'm organising a panel on Rule of Law backsliding in the EU!
Seeking empirical papers on RoL erosion/restoration (case studies):

🗺️ Country cases
📊 Cross-national trends
⚖️ The role of judicial actors

Contact me to share your proposal!

Excellent postdoc opportunity! Don't miss this chance to work with the brilliant @jamayoral.bsky.social

🚨🇪🇺⚖️ The ERC @curiafides.bsky.social project on trust and judicial cooperation is offering a postdoc position (3+1 years). Join our vibrant interdisciplinary research community at @ic3jm.bsky.social, @macies.bsky.social & @uc3m.es
• Expressions of interest: anytime
• Submissions deadline: 31/01/2025

Dear friends please send us your abstracts!

Registration is now open for the 25th Summer School on the International Criminal Court.

Taking place @uniofgalway.bsky.social

9-13 June 2025

Super early bird offer available until 31 December.

For information on scholarships & registration visit:

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I am looking forward to submissions to my panel on "Courts and Public Support" at #ECPRGC25! Don´t hesitate to contact me in case of any questions!

Studying courts & politics? Check out the great panels below, submit a paper proposal (⏰ Deadline December 20) and join us at the #ECPRGC in Thessaloniki in August 2025!

Apply to our panel at ECPRGC next year 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 It will change your life

ECPR We are the European Consortium for Political Research.

We encourage you to submit your papers proposals to one of the pre-planned panels by December 20!

Of course, we also welcome individual paper submissions and you submit your individual paper directly to the Section until January 6!
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Screenshot: "Public support is considered to be central for courts to defend against political interference and to enhance compliance with their decisions. In view of the rise of populist governments worldwide, the risk of political attacks on judicial independence increases – hence it is of utmost importance to gain deeper knowledge on the input and output factors of public support: Which factors influence the level of public support enjoyed by a court? What can courts themselves do to increase their level of public support?"

The panel "Courts and Public Support" chaired by @tibi-weber.bsky.social invites contributions examining the factors that influence the degree of public support for courts and what courts can do to increase public support.

Screenshot "Courts play a significant role in shaping public policy and influencing political outcomes but court rulings are not self-implementing. The impact of judicial decision-making depends on how public sector actors (politicians, government agencies, bureaucrats) respond to court rulings. This panel invites papers that explore public sector actors' compliance with court rulings from different theoretical and methodological perspectives. For instance, what factors can explain why public authorities swiftly comply with some court rulings while the implementation of other rulings is significantly delayed?"

The panel "Public authorities’ compliance with court rulings" chaired by @oyvindstiansen.bsky.social invites papers concerning compliance with and the impact of judicial decisions.

Screenshot: "The proliferation of court-packing wars has recently stirred up a lot of controversy. Yet, the 2023 Polish election showed the urgency behind a new vexing question: what to do with packed courts once the political actors who staffed them lose power? (How) Can courts be legitimately unpacked? Should the content of decision-making, judicial behaviour or the personal independence of packed judges be considered? Addressing these questions, this panel analyses the normative underpinnings of unpacking in the context of global examples of court-packing."

The panel "(Un)Packing Courts and Judicial Resurgence" chaired by David Kosař and Katarína Šipulová invites papers both concerning court-packing and concerning how packed courts may legitimately be unpacked.

Screenshot: "Judicial dialogue in Europe has been a focal point of academic discourse for long. Scholars have extensively examined the reasons why national judges engage in judicial dialogue with supranational courts, and the constitutional dynamics behind those processes. Despite this extensive body of research, new issues continue to emerge. This panel considers the latest academic insights into the dynamics of judicial dialogue in Europe which includes examining the evolving reasons behind national courts’ engagement with the ECJ and the ECtHR, the impact of recent jurisprudence, and the broader implications for effective judicial protection."

The panel "Unfolding judicial dialogue in the Europe" chaired by Urszula Jaremba and @jkrommendijk.bsky.social invites papers on judicial dialogue.

Screenshot "Drawing from insights relating to various EU agencies, this panel will shed light on the complex system of internal and external remedies created to respond to a demand for justice that the EU judiciary alone can no longer meet. The contours and different elements of such a system, including the functioning of the Boards of Appeal, the internal complaint mechanisms, the role of the European Ombudsman, democratic scrutiny and the limits of the European judiciary thus deserve further investigation."

The panel "Judicial and Meta-Judicial Remedies in European Shared Administration" chaired by Salvo Nicolosi and Mira Scholten invites papers studying the complex system of internal and external remedies created to respond to a demand for justice that the EU judiciary alone can no longer meet.

screenshot: Research on legal mobilization has focused mainly on social movements, associations and “weak interests”. By contrast, business and other “strong” interests are relatively understudied. The proposed panel invites contributions that study lawmobilizing agents in national, European and international courts. We welcome in particular studies that unpack intra-organizational decision-making dynamics and/or investigate interactions between disputing parties, lawyers, judges and policy-makers

The panel "Agents of legal mobilization" chaired by Stefan Thierse and Yulia Khalikova welcomes papers studying lawmobilizing agents in national, European and international courts.

screenshot: "This panel will examine the critical role of courts in asylum and migration governance worldwide. We aim to investigate how courts influence access to asylum, when deciding on issues such as, inter alia: pushbacks, externalization, and digitalization policies. Additionally, the panel aims to explore the impact of courts on Refugee Status Determination, the civil and social rights of refugees, and return policies. By analyzing both top-down and bottom-up perspectives, the panel seeks to understand the complex ways in which courts intervene in various aspects of asylum and migration law."

The panel "The Role of Courts in Shaping Asylum and Migration Policies" is chaired by Madalina Moraru and Cristina Dallara and invites papers on the role of courts in asylum and migration governance.

screenshot: "How do juridification processes influence the discretion of welfare professions and, by extension, their ability to provide welfare services of high quality? Juridification, the transfer of power to courts and court-like actors and the expansion of legal rules into new areas, is a central feature of contemporary welfare governance. According to previous research, juridification, such as judicial review, individual rights, and detailed rules, can weaken and strengthen welfare professions' discretion. This panel invites papers that study juridification in different welfare sectors and how professions respond to such processes."

The panel "Juridication in the welfare sector" is chaired by @karinleijon.bsky.social and welcomes papers considering the causes and consequences of juridification of welfare services

Screenshot: "Recent technological developments have forced courts to integrate digital technologies in their daily work. The growing use of AI in justice have reignited discussions around courts’ preparedness, the perks and potential disruptions of such technologies. This panel invites paper submission exploring the uses and associated perks, pitfalls, and challenges of the use of digital technologies in justice, including the questions of (dis)trust in “robot judges”."

The panel "AI and justice" is chaired by Monika Glavina and considers the increasing use of digital technologies by courts.

Panel 1 Quantifying Judicial Impact: Selection, Process, and Authority (Chairs: Benjamin Engst and Louisa Boulaziz) This panel addresses critical questions on judicial power and legitimacy: Why are some individuals appointed to the bench while others are not? To what extent do judicial procedures influence judicial outcomes? Why is judicial authority often overwhelmingly perceived as legitimate? We invite papers that examine these topics quantitatively and comparatively. Addressing these issues is essential to understanding the often unquestioned acceptance of judicial decisions and court’s societal influence.

The panel "Quantifying Judicial Impact: Selection, Process, and Authority" is chaired by @benjaminengst.bsky.social and @louisabo.bsky.social and welcomes quantitative analysis of judicial appointments, decisions-making and more!

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We are looking forward to your paper submissions for #ECPRGC25!

Our Section "The Politics of Law and Courts" chaired by @oyvindstiansen.bsky.social and Urszula Jaremba has 10 pre-planned panels (🧵).

Contact the panel chairs by December 20 to join a pre-planned panel!

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🚨Announcement for scholars in the Politics of Law & the Judiciary
➡️The 2025 European PolSci Association call for papers includes a section on Judicial Politics
🗓️26-28 June'25, University Carlos III of Madrid 🇪🇸
📩Submit by 18 Dec.'24 at coms.app/epsa2025
Looking forward to your panel & paper proposals