Judicial Power and Strategic Communication in Mexico

Jeffrey K. Staton is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Emory University. His research has appeared in the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, Comparative Politics, Political Research Quarterly, and International Studies Quarterly. Professor Staton was previously Assistant Professor of Political Science at Florida State University and post-doctoral Fellow at the Center for U.S. Mexican Studies at the University of California, San Diego, and at the New York University School of Law.

• Part I. Judicial Communication and Judicial Power: 1. Introduction; 2. A model of constitutional review and case promotion; Appendix 2; Part II. The Politics of Constitutional Review in Mexico: 3. Public relations on the Mexican Supreme Court; 4. Decisions, case promotion, and compliance in Mexico; Appendix 4A; Appendix 4B; Part III. Relationships between Transparency and Legitimacy: 5. Constitutional review and the development of judicial legitimacy; Appendix 5; 6. A cross-national analysis of judicial legitimacy; 7. Democracy and the development of judicial power.

'Using novel new data from Mexico, Staton advances our understanding of how courts are able to use information to proactively shape their strategic environment. As the first major study of court-media relations in new democracies, this is a major contribution to the literatures on comparative judicial politics and the role of law in democratization.' Tom Ginsburg, University of Chicago Law School