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Marcin Jerzewski

Ought Supreme Justices to Serve Political Interests? Comparison of the Processes of Appointment and Confirmation to the Supreme Court in the United States and other Western Democracies

In Chapter 14, Greenberg and Page discuss the American judicial system. Authors first trace the evolution of judicial power in the United …

Should America Make Voting Compulsory? – Free-Rider Problem and U.S. Democratic Government

Can the government of a polity characterized by low levels of political participation truly work? This question appears to be particularly important …

¿Puerto Pobre? “Taxation Without Representation” and U.S. Unincorporated Territories

In the second half of the 18th century, in the wake of the Revolutionary War, inhabitants of the British colonies in North America …