2008 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

Friday, April 4-2:45 pm
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Paper
A Jury of Whose Peers: Assessing Racial Representation and
Legal Protection in Juror Selection
Much anecdotal evidence suggests minorities are under-represented
on Federal Juries. This paper uses a geographic matching method
to estimate the racial composition of the jury pool in the Southern
District of New York.
Jeffrey Fagan, Columbia Law School
jfagan@law.columbia.edu
Jared Adam Ellias, Columbia Law School
jae2112@columbia.edu
David Epstein, Columbia University
de11@columbia.edu
Andrew Gelman, Columbia University
gelman@stat.columbia.edu
Coefficients of Victory: The Variables Affecting Illinois Trial
Wins
This paper examines what variables make victory more likely for
defendants in criminal trials. Private as vs. public counsel, youth,
and in-county status make victory more likely. Minority race, sex,
prior record, and others make it less so.
Wilfred Thomas Reilly, Southern Illinois University
wreilly2003@yahoo.com
44-3 PERSPECTIVES ON INTERNATIONAL LAW
Room Salon 9 on the 3rd Floor, Fri at 2:45 pm
Chair Joe Hinchcliffe, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
jjhinch@uiuc.edu
Paper New Norms, Old Principle: The Peremptory Norm of Jus
Cogens
The work extends research on the latest debates on right to food,
fundamental human rights, international rights for women and
related issues by tracing the jurisprudential roots of the principle
underscoring these emerging international legal norms.
Peter Joseph Baxter, Niagara University
pjb@niagara.edu
Paper Feminism, International Law and the International Criminal
Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
This paper examines how feminist advocacy influenced the ICTY's
criminalization of wartime rape. It questions whether the ICTY's
ruling was a step forward for international criminal law's broader
prosecution of gender-based violence.
Rebekka C. Friedman, Brandeis University
rebekka@brandeis.edu
Paper On Human Dignity: Toward a New International Convention on
Enslavement
I assess the evolution of customary norms and treaties on slavery,
and legal strategies to combat modern slavery and slave-like
practices. Using feminist and social contract perspectives on
“freedom,” I propose a new definition of enslavement.
Kathy Purnell, DePaul University
kpurnell@zerobooks.net
Paper Human Trafficking: The Unintended Effects of United Nations
Intervention
UN intervention creates an increase in demand for human
trafficking while also suppressing extant controls over criminal
enterprise. We show an unintended consequence of UN intervention
is an increase in human trafficking.
Charles Anthony Smith, University of California, Irvine
tonysmithuci@gmail.com
Heather M. Smith, Lewis & Clark University
hsmith@lclark.edu
Paper Punishment and the ICC
Considers the philosophical justifications for punishment of
international crimes, highlighting problems with retributive and
deterrent rationales.
Deirdre Golash, American University
dgolash@american.edu
Disc.
Joe Hinchcliffe, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
jjhinch@uiuc.edu
45-8 BUREAUCRACY, DELEGATION AND OVERSIGHT
Room Wabash on the 3rd Floor, Fri at 2:45 pm
Chair Neal D. Woods, University of South Carolina
neal.woods@sc.edu
Chair Craig Volden, Ohio State University
volden.2@osu.edu
Paper Political Delegation and Policy Decision Quality in the
American States
Does political delegation to an independent body yield better policy
decisions We address this question by analyzing the relationship
between institutional structures and the quality of official revenue
forecasts in the American states.
George A. Krause, University of Pittsburgh
gkrause@pitt.edu
David E. Lewis, Princeton University
delewis@princeton.edu
James W. Douglas, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
jwdougla@uncc.edu
Paper The Devil in the Details: Trading Policy Goals for Complexity in
Medicaid
This paper highlights the tradeoff between achievement of desired
policy objectives in provider reimbursement and the creation
of administrative burdens, opportunities for disagreement, and
difficulty understanding the implications of system change.
Edward Alan Miller, Brown University
edward_a_miller@brown.edu
Paper Unilateral Decision-Making in the States: Rethinking Executive
Power
This study examines the executive orders in the states. Using data
from all states over three years it tests a model predicting when
governors choose to make policy unilaterally rather than through the
traditional legislative process.
Margaret R. Ferguson, Indiana University-Purdue University
Indianapolis
mferguso@iupui.edu
Disc. Neal D. Woods, University of South Carolina
neal.woods@sc.edu
Craig Volden, Ohio State University
volden.2@osu.edu
46-7 UNDERSTANDING VOTE CHOICE IN THE URBAN
ARENA
Room Salon 8 on the 3rd Floor, Fri at 2:45 pm
Chair Conor M. Dowling, Binghamton University
cdowlin1@binghamton.edu
Paper Voting Behavior in Urban Mayoral Elections, 2007
This paper uses a public opinion survey (N=2200, approximately
160 respondents per city) conducted in thirteen large U.S. cities to
explore voting behavior in urban mayoral elections in the fall of
2007.
Thomas M. Holbrook, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
holbroot@uwm.edu
Paper
Spatial Elements of Electoral Mobilization: The 2002 Transit
Referendum in Miami-Dade County
This paper explores the spatial elements of electoral mobilization
in the 2002 transit referendum in Miami-Dade County. We look
at the effects of rapid transit line locations and the location of
neighborhood meetings on support for the referendum.
Hugh Bartling, DePaul University
hbartlin@depaul.edu
Anne Peterson, William Mitchell College of Law
wis2was@yahoo.com
Barbara Sgouraki, University of Central Florida
bkinsey@mail.ucf.edu
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