Short Course on Courts, Law, and the New (Historical) Institutionalism Organized Section on
Law and Courts, American Political Science Association
APSA Meetings, Boston, Massachusetts, Wednesday, September 2, 1998
A Brief Bibliography on New (Historical) Institutionalism
Ronald Kahn
Oberlin College
December, 1998
1. Abbott, Andrew, “Sequences of Social Events: Concepts and Methods for the Analysis of Order in
Social
2. Processes, “ Historical Methods, 16:4 (Fall, 1983): 129-147.
3. Abbott, Andrew, “Conception of Time and Events in Social Science Methods: Causal and Narrative
4. Approaches,” Historical Methods, 23:4 (Fall, 1990): 140-150.
5. Apter, David, "Institutionalism Reconsidered," International Social Science Journal 43:3
6. (August, 1991): 463-48.
7. Barber, Satirious, “Normative Theory, the New Institutionalism, and the Future of Public
Law,”
8. Studies in American Political Development 3:56-73.
9. Bates, Robert, "Contra Contractarianism: Some Reflections on the New Institutionalism,"
Politics
10. and Society 16:2/3 (June, 1988): 387-399.
11. Black, Julia, "New Institutionalism and Naturalism in Socio-Legal Analysis: Institutionalist
12. Approaches to Regulatory Decision Making," Law & Policy 10:1 (January, 1997): 51-93.
13. Brace, Paul and Melinda Hall (1990) "Neo-Institutionalism and Dissent in State Supreme
Courts,"
14. Journal of Politics 52 (1990): 54-70.
15. Brigham, John and Christine B. Harrington,"Realism and Its Consequences: An Inquiry into
16. Contemporary Sociolegal Research," International Journal of the Sociology of Law 17
17. (1989).
18. Burgess, Susan, "Beyond Instrumental Politics: The New Institutionalism, Legal Rhetoric,
and
19. Judicial Supremacy," Polity 24 (Spring 1993): 445-459.
20. Burnham, Walter Dean, “E Pur Si Muove! Systematizing and the Intercurrence Hypothesis, Chapter
5,
21. Nomos XXXVII, Political Order, Ian Shapiro and Russell Harden (eds.) (New York: New York
22. University Press, 1996): 147-155.
23. Clayton, Cornell, “The Supreme Court and Political Jurisprudence: New and Old
24. Institutionalisms,” Chapter 1, in Supreme Court Decision making.- New Institutionalist
25. Approaches, Edited by Cornell Clayton and Howard Gillman (Chicago: University of
26. Chicago Press, 1999): 15-41.
27. Davis, Sue, “The Chief Justice and Judicial Decision-making: The Institutional Basis for
28. Leadership on the Supreme Court,” in Supreme Court Decision making.- New
29. Institutionalist Approaches, Edited by Cornell Clayton and Howard Gillman (Chicago:
30. University of Chicago Press, 1999): 135-154.
31. Dugger, William M., "Douglass C. North's New Institutionalism," Journal of Economic
Issues
32. 24:2 (June 1995): 453-458.
33. Eddington, Phillip and Eileen L. McDonagh, “Polity Forum: Institutions and
Institutionalism,”
34. Polity 28:1 (Fall,1995): 84-140: Phillip J. Eddington and Eileen L. McDonagh, “The
35. Common Space of Social Science Inquiry,” 85-90; Stephen Skowronek, “Order and
36. Change,” 91-95; Karen Orren, “Ideas and Institutions,” 97-101; Theda Skocpol, “Why I
37. am an Historical Institutionallist,” 103-106.; Morris Fiorina, “Rational Choice and the
38. New (?) Institutionalism,” 107-115; Dorothy Ross, “The Many Lives of Institutionalism in
39. America Social Science,” 117-123; James T. Kloppenberg, “Institutionalism, Rational
40. Choice, and Historical Analysis,” 125-128; Terrence J. McDonald, “Institutionalism and
41. Institutions in the Stream of History,” 129-13; and Rogers M. Smith, “Ideas, Institutions,
42. and Strategic Choice,” 135-140.
43. Fiorina, Morris, “Looking for Disagreement in All the Wrong Places,” in Nomos XXXVII,
44. Political Order, Ian Shapiro and Russell Harden (eds.) (New York: New York University
45. Press, 1996): 156-166.
46. Gillman, Howard, The Constitution Besieged: The Rise and Demise of Lochner Era Police
47. Powers Jurisprudence (Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 1993).
48. Gillman, Howard, "The New Institutionalism, Part 1, “More and Less Than Strategy: Some
49. Advantages to Interpretive Institutionalism in the Analysis of Judicial Politics," Law and
50. Courts 7 (1996-1997): 6-11.
51. Gillman, Howard and Cornell Clayton, Introduction, "Beyond Judicial Attitudes: Individual
52. Approaches to Supreme Court Decisionmaking," Supreme Court Decision making.- New
53. Institutionalist Approaches, Edited by Cornell Clayton and Howard Gillman (Chicago:
54. University of Chicago Press, 1999): 1-12.
55. Gillman, Howard, "The Court as an Idea, Not a Building (or a game): Interpretive
Institutionalism
56. and the Analysis of Supreme Court Decision-Making," Chapter 8, in Supreme Court
57. Decision making: New Institutionalist Approaches, Edited by Cornell Clayton and
58. Howard Gillman (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999): 65-88.
59. Gillman, “On Constructing a Science of Judicial Politics,” Law and Society Review 28
(1994):
60. 355-376.
61. Graber, Mark A.,"The Passive-Aggressive Virtues," Constitutional Commentary 12 (1995):
6762. 92.
63. Graber, Mark A., "The Non-Majoritarian Difficulty: Legislative Deference to the Judiciary,"
64. Studies in American Political Development 7 (1993): 35-73.
65. Greenstone, J. David, “ Against Simplicity: The Cultural Dimensions of the Constitution,”
66. University of Chicago Law Review 55 (1988): 428-449.
67. Harris, William F., “Bonding Word and Polity: The Logic of American Constitutionalism,”
68. American Political Science Review 76 (1982): 34-45.
69. Harrington, Christine B.,"The Politics of Participation and Non-Participation in Dispute
70. Processes," 6 Law & Policy (1984): 203.
71. Harrington, Christine B. and Daniel S. Ward, “Patterns of Appellate Litigation, 1945-1990,”
in
72. Contemplating Courts, Chapter 9, Edited by Lee Epstein (Washington, D.C.: C.Q. Press,
73. 1995): 206-226.
74. Henry, Stuart, Private Justice: Towards Integrated Theorizing in the Sociology of Law.
(London:
75. Routledge, 1983).
76. Hoksbergen, Roland, "Postmodernism and Institutionalism: Toward a Resolution of the
Debate
77. on Relativism," Journal of Economic Issues 28:3 (September 1994): 679-713.
78. Immergut, Ellen A., "The Theoretical Core of the New Institutionalism," Politics and Society
79. 26:1 (March 1998): 5-34.
80. Kahn, Ronald, “Institutional Norms and Supreme Court Decision-making: the Rehnquist
Court on
81. Privacy and Religion,” Chapter 8, in Supreme Court Decision making: New
82. Institutionalist Approaches, Edited by Cornell Clayton and Howard Gillman (Chicago:
83. University of Chicago Press, 1999): 175-198.
84. Kavanagh, Dennis, “Why Political Science Needs History,” Political Studies 39: 479-495.
85. Krasner, Stephen, "Sovereignty: An Institutional Perspective," Comparative Political Studies
21
86. (1988): 66-94.
87. Liebowitz, S. J, and Stephen E. Margolis, “Path Dependence, Lock-In, and History,” Journal
of
88. Law, Economics, and Organization 11:1 (1995): 205-226.
89. Lowndes, Vivien, "Varieties of New Institutionalism: A Critical Appraisal," Public
90. Administration 74 (Summer 1996): 181-197.
91. March, James G. and Johan P Olsen, “The New Institutionalism: Organizational Factors in
92. Political Life,” American Political Science Review 78 (1984): 734-749.
93. March, James G. and Johan P. Olsen, Rediscovering Institutions. (New York: The Free
Press,
94. 1989).
95. McCann, Michael, “How the Supreme Court matters in American Politics: New
Institutionalist
96. Perspectives,” in The Supreme Court and American Politics: New Institutionalist
97. Approaches edited by Cornell Clayton and Howard Gillman (Lawrence, Kansas:
98. University of Kansas Press, forthcoming)
99. McCann, Michael, “Causal versus Constitutive Explanations (or, One the Difficulty of Being
So
100.
Positive...),” Law and Social Inquiry 26 (1996): 457-482.
101.
O’Brien, David, “Institutional Norms and Supreme Court Decisions: On
Reconsidering the Rise
102.
of Individual Opinions,” Chapter 4, in Cornell Clayton and Howard Gillman, (eds.).
103.
Supreme Court Decision making: New Institutionalist Approaches (Chicago:
University
104.
of Chicago Press, 1999): 91-113.
105.
Orren, Karen and Stephen Skowronek, ‘Beyond the Iconography of Order: Notes for
a “New
106.
Institutionalism,” in Lawrence C. Dodd and Calvin Jillson (eds.), The Dynamics of
107.
American Politics: Approaches and Interpretations (Boulder, CO: Westview Press,
108.
1994).
109.
Orren, Karen and Stephen Skowronek, “Institutions and Intercurrence: Theory
Building in the
110.
Fullness of Time,” in Chapter 4, Nomos XXXVII, Political Order, Ian Shapiro and
Russell
111.
Harden (eds.) (New York: New York University Press, 1996): 111-146.
112.
Orren, Karen and Stephen Skowronek, “Reply to Burnham and Fiorina,” Chapter 7,
Nomos
113.
XXXVII, Political Order, Ian Shapiro and Russell Harden (eds.) (New York: New
York
114.
University Press, 1996): 167-171.
115.
Orren, Karen, Belated Feudalism: Labor, the Law, and Liberal Development in the
116.
United States (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1991.
117.
Pierson, Paul, “Path Dependence, Increasing Returns, and the Study of Politics,”
(Revised version
118.
of a paper presented as the Jean Monnet Visiting Professor Lecture, European
University
119.
Institute, April, 1997).
120.
Robertson, David Brian, "The Return to History and the New Institutionalism in
American
121.
Political Science," Social Science History, 17:1 (Spring 1993): 1-36.
122.
Rutherford, Malcolm, "The Old and the New Institutionalism: Can Bridges Be
Built?" Journal of
123.
Economic Issues 24:2 (June 1995): 443-451.
124.
Shapiro, Martin, "The Prototype of Courts," in Courts: A Comparative and Political
Analysis.
125.
(Chicago: University of Chicago, 1981).
126.
Smith, Rogers, "American Academic Culture in Transformation: Fifty Fields, Four
Disciplines,"
127.
Daedalus 126:1 (Winter, 1997): 253-278.
128.
Smith, Rogers M. "Political Jurisprudence, ‘The New Institutionalism,' and the Future
of Public
129.
Law," 82 American Political Science Review (1988): 89-108.
130.
Smith, Rogers M., "If Politics Matter: Implications of a 'New Institutionalism,"'
Studies in
131.
American Political Development 6 (1992): 1.
132.
Skowronek, Stephen, Building a New American State: The Expansion of National
Administrative
133.
Capacities 1877-1920. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982).
134.
Suchman, Mark C. and Lauren B. Edelman, "Legal Rational Myths: The New
Institutionalism and
135.
the Law and Society Tradition," Law and Social Inquiry 21:4 (Fall, 1996): 903-941.
136.
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137.
I want to thank Cornell Clayton, Howard Gillman, Christine Harrington, and Eileen
L. McDonagh
138. for helping in the preparation of this bibliography. R.K.