My research focuses on the rule of law broadly, including issues relating to the conditions and institutions that support it, what it does, and how it is subverted. Titles of this work are listed below: clicking on a link will take you to the abstract and article for all, and supplemental information and replication materials for most.
Book
The Political Foundations of Judicial Independence in Dictatorship and Democracy. Brad Epperly. Oxford University Press, 2019
Peer-reviewed articles
“Rule by Violence, Rule by Law: Lynching, Jim Crow, and the Continuing Evolution of Voter Suppression in the U.S.,” Brad Epperly, Christopher Witko, Ryan Strickler, & Paul White. Perspectives on Politics, 2019
Summary comments of article findings available at the London School of Economics US Centre’s blog on American Politics and Policy
“The Myth of the Postcommunist Citizen: Communist Legacies and Political Trust,” Brad Epperly. Social Science History, 2019
“Conflict and Courts: Civil War and Judicial Independence Across Democracies,” Brad Epperly & Jacqueline Sievert. Political Research Quarterly, 2018
“(Re)examining the Insurance Model of Judicial Independence Across Democracies,” Brad Epperly. Journal of Law and Courts, 2018
“Political Competition and De Facto Judicial Independence in Non-Democracies,” Brad Epperly. European Journal of Political Research, 2017
“Corruption and NGO Sustainability in Postcommunist Europe,” Brad Epperly & Taedong Lee. Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 2015
“The Provision of Insurance? Judicial Independence and the Post-Tenure Fate of Leaders,” Brad Epperly. Journal of Law and Courts, 2013
“Institutions and Legacies: Electoral Volatility in the Postcommunist World,” Brad Epperly. Comparative Political Studies, 2011
Book chapters
“Strategic Behavior of Comparative Courts,” Brad Epperly & Monica Lineberger. In Robert Howard and Kirk Randazzo (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Judicial Behavior, 2017
“Principled Principals in the Founding Moments of the Rule of Law,” Margaret Levi & Brad Epperly. In James Heckman, Robert Nelson, and Lee Cabatingan (eds.), Global Perspectives on the Rule of Law, 2010