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Political Institutions & Rule of Law

The following activities and people highlight efforts at Stanford to understand, reimagine and strengthen formal institutions and processes of democratic governance, both political and legal.

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  • Lisa Blaydes

    Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

  • Bruce Cain

    Charles Louis Ducommun Professor in the School of Humanities & Sciences, Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, at SIEPR, at the Precourt Institute for Energy & Professor of Environmental Social Sciences

  • Brandice Canes-Wrone

    Professor of Political Science, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and Professor, by courtesy, of Political Economics at the Graduate School of Business

  • Katherine Casey

    RoAnn Costin Professor and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research

  • Lisa J. Chamberlain

    Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics) and, by courtesy, of Education

  • Lanhee Chen

    David & Diane Steffy Fellow in American Public Policy Studies, Hoover Inst.

  • John Cochrane

    Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and Rose-Marie and Jack R. Anderson Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and Professor, by courtesy, of Economics and of Finance at the Graduate School of Business

  • Joshua Cohen

    Marta Sutton Weeks Professor of Ethics in Society and Professor of Philosophy and of Law, Emeritus

  • Gary Cox

    William Bennett Munro Professor of Political Science

  • J. P. Daughton

    Professor of History and, by courtesy, of French and Italian

  • Todd Davies

    Acad Research & Pgrm Officer, and Lecturer

  • Larry Diamond

    Mosbacher Senior Fellow of Global Democracy at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and Professor, by courtesy, of Sociology and of Political Science

  • Alberto Diaz-Cayeros

    Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Professor, by courtesy, of Political Science

  • John Donohue

    C. Wendell and Edith M. Carlsmith Professor and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research

  • James Fearon

    Theodore and Frances Geballe Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences, Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Professor, by courtesy, of Economics

  • Morris P. Fiorina

    Wendt Family Professor and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution

  • James Fishkin

    Janet M. Peck Professor of International Communication, Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Professor, by courtesy, of Political Science

  • Francis Fukuyama

    Olivier & Nomellini Senior Fellow in International Studies at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Professor, by courtesy, of Political Science

  • Ronald Gilson

    Charles J. Meyers Professor in Law and Business, Emeritus

  • Judith L. Goldstein

    Janet M. Peck Professor of International Communication, Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research

  • Avner Greif

    The Bowman Family Endowed Professor in Humanities and Sciences and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute, Emeritus

  • Thomas Grey

    Nelson Bowman Sweitzer and Marie B. Sweitzer Professor of Law, Emeritus

  • Justin Ryan Grimmer

    Morris M. Doyle Centennial Professor of Public Policy and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution

  • Anna Grzymala-Busse

    Michelle and Kevin Douglas Professor of International Studies and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and, by courtesy, at the Hoover Institution

  • Stephen Haber

    A.A. and Jeanne Welch Milligan Professor, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Professor of History and, by courtesy, of Economics

  • Andrew Hall

    Davies Family Professor, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and Professor, by courtesy, of Political Science

  • Thomas Heller

    Lewis Talbot and Nadine Hearn Shelton Professor of International Legal Studies, Emeritus

  • Shanto Iyengar

    William Robertson Coe Professor and Professor of Political Science and of Communication

  • Terry Karl

    Gildred Professor in Latin American Studies, Emerita

  • Pamela Karlan

    Kenneth & Harle Montgomery Professor of Public Interest Law

  • David Kennedy

    Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History, Emeritus

  • Daniel Kessler

    Professor of Law, Keith and Jan Hurlbut Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Professor of Political Economics at the GSB, Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and Professor, by courtesy, of Health Policy

  • Matthew Kohrman

    Associate Professor of Anthropology, and by courtesy, of Medicine (Stanford Prevention and Research Center) and Senior Fellow, by courtesy, at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

  • Stephen Kotkin

    Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and at the Hoover Institution

  • Stephen Krasner

    Graham H. Stuart Professor of International Relations and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and at the Hoover Institution, Emeritus

  • Didi Kuo

    Center Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

  • Jessica Leino

    Executive Director King Center on Global Development and Research Scholar

  • Robert MacCoun

    Senior Associate Vice Provost for Research, James and Patricia Kowal Professor, Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Professor, by courtesy, of Psychology

  • Beatriz Magaloni

    Graham H. Stuart Professor of International Relations and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

  • Jennifer Martinez

    Provost, Professor of Law, Frederick Emmons Terman Professor and Senior Fellow, by courtesy, at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

  • Michael McConnell

    Richard and Frances Mallery Professor of Law and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution

  • Michael McFaul

    Director, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Ken Olivier and Angela Nomellini Professor of International Studies and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, at the Freeman Spogli Institute and at the Woods Institute

  • Curtis J. Milhaupt

    William F. Baxter-VISA International Professor of Law and Senior Fellow, by courtesy, at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

  • Terry Moe

    William Bennett Munro Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Emeritus

  • Ian Morris

    Jean and Rebecca Willard Endowed Professor of Classics

  • Anne Margaret Joseph O'Connell

    Adelbert H. Sweet Professor of Law and Senior Fellow, by courtesy, at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research

  • Josiah Ober

    Markos & Eleni Kounalakis Chair in Honor of Constantine Mitsotakis, Professor of Political Science, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Professor of Classics and, by courtesy, of Philosophy

  • Jean Oi

    William Haas Professor of Chinese Politics and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

  • David Palumbo-Liu

    Louise Hewlett Nixon Professor and Professor, by courtesy, of English

  • Jennifer Pan

    Sir Robert Ho Tung Professor of Chinese Studies, Professor of Communication, Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Professor, by courtesy, of Political Science and of Sociology

  • Nathaniel Persily

    James B. McClatchy Professor, Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Professor, by courtesy, of Communication and of Political Science

  • Joshua Rauh

    Ormond Family Professor of Finance and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research

  • Rob Reich

    McGregor-Girand Professor of Social Ethics of Science and Technology, Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for HAI, Professor, by courtesy, of Education, of Philosophy and Senior Fellow, by courtesy, at the Freeman Spogli Institute

  • Lucy Ricca

    Executive Director, Neukom Center for the Rule of Law, Stanford Law School

  • Condoleezza Rice

    Tad & Dianne Taube Director of the Hoover Institution, Denning Professor of Global Business & the Economy, Thomas & Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy at Hoover, Professor of Political Sci & Senior Fellow, by courtesy, at FSI

  • Jonathan Rodden

    Professor of Political Science, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research

  • Scott Rozelle

    Helen C. Farnsworth Professor of International Agricultural Policy and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research

  • Amit Seru

    Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Steven and Roberta Denning Professor, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research

  • Gi-Wook Shin

    William J. Perry Professor, Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Professor, by courtesy, of East Asian Languages and Cultures

  • Deborah Sivas

    Luke W. Cole Professor of Environmental Law, Director of the Stanford Environmental Law Clinic, Professor (Teaching) of Environmental Social Sciences and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment

  • Paul Sniderman

    Fairleigh S. Dickinson, Jr. Professor of Public Policy

  • Norman Spaulding

    The Nelson Bowman Sweitzer and Marie B. Sweitzer Professor of Law

  • Kiyoteru Tsutsui

    Henri H. and Tomoye Takahashi Professor of Japanese Studies, Professor of Sociology and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

  • Xueguang Zhou

    Kwoh-Ting Li Professor of Economic Development and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
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