Michael J. Nelson

Research output

Research output per year 2011 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024

• 35 Article
• 5 Chapter
• 2 Book
• 1 Letter
• 1 More
  • 1 Review article

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2024

  The consistency principle: Crisis perceptions, partisanship and public support for democratic norms in comparative perspective

  Driscoll, A., Krehbiel, J., Nelson, M. J. & Kim, S., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: European Journal of Political Research.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2023

  Accountability for Court Packing

  Nelson, M. J. & Driscoll, A., Oct 24 2023, In: Journal of Law and Courts. 11, 2, p. 290-311 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  4 Scopus citations

• Are courts “different?” Experimental evidence on the unique costs of attacking courts

  Driscoll, A. & Nelson, M. J., Jul 1 2023, In: Research and Politics. 10, 3

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  2 Scopus citations

• In Electoral Disputes, State Justices Are Less Reliable GOP Allies than the U.S. Supreme Court—That’s the “Problem” the Independent State Legislature Claim Hopes to Solve

  Brown, R. L., Epstein, L. & Nelson, M. J., Jul 2023, In: Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 708, 1, p. 208-226 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• The Costs of Court Curbing: Evidence from the United States

  Driscoll, A. & Nelson, M. J., Apr 2023, In: Journal of Politics. 85, 2, p. 609-624 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  8 Scopus citations

• The Elevator Effect: Contact and Collegiality in the American Judiciary

  Hazelton, M. L. W., Hinkle, R. K. & Nelson, M. J., Jan 1 2023, Oxford University Press. 286 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book
  1 Scopus citations
• 2022

  How Interpersonal Contact Affects Appellate Review

  Nelson, M. J., Hazelton, M. L. W. & Hinkle, R. K., Jan 2022, In: Journal of Politics. 84, 1, p. 573-577 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • ideology 100%
  • contact 89%
  • Judges decisions 63%
  • principal-agent 58%
  • court trials 58%
  8 Scopus citations

• Human Capital in Court THE ROLE OF ATTORNEY EXPERIENCE IN US SUPREME COURT LITIGATION

  Nelson, M. J. & Epstein, L., Mar 1 2022, In: Journal of Law and Courts. 10, 1, p. 61-85 25 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • court litigation 100%
  • human capital 60%
  • on-the-job training 41%
  • voter 24%
  • evidence 12%
  5 Scopus citations

• Judging Inequality: State Supreme Courts and the Inequality Crisis

  Gibson, J. L. & Nelson, M. J., Jun 1 2022, In: Political Science Quarterly. 137, 2, p. 263-292 30 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Judging prosecutors: Public support for prosecutorial discretion

  Nelson, M. J. & Samarth, T., Oct 1 2022, In: Research and Politics. 9, 4

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • public support 100%
  • offense 62%
  • Criminal Justice 29%
  • voter 25%
  • experiment 18%
  1 Scopus citations

• The Economic Costs of Democratic Backsliding? Backsliding and State Location Preferences of US Job Seekers

  Nelson, M. J. & Witko, C., Apr 2022, In: Journal of Politics. 84, 2, p. 1233-1238 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • job seeker 100%
  • costs 43%
  • economics 32%
  • regime 13%
  • democracy 12%
  4 Scopus citations
• 2021

  Party Competition and Policy Liberalism

  Baumann, Z. D., Nelson, M. J. & Neumann, M., Sep 19 2021, In: State Politics and Policy Quarterly. 21, 3, p. 266-285 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  3 Scopus citations

• The politics of federal prosecution

  Boyd, C. L., Nelson, M. J., Ostrander, I. & Boldt, E. D., Jan 1 2021, Oxford University Press. 240 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • prosecution 100%
  • politics 54%
  • plea bargains 38%
  • Plea bargaining 35%
  • Criminal charges 34%
  6 Scopus citations

• The stability and durability of the us supreme court’s legitimacy

  Nelson, M. J. & Tucker, P. D., Apr 2021, In: Journal of Politics. 83, 2, p. 767-771 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Court performance 100%
  • Supreme Court 72%
  • political attitude 30%
  • public support 30%
  • wisdom 26%
  15 Scopus citations
• 2020

  Deferring, deliberating, or dodging review: Explaining counterjudge success in the us courts of appeals

  Hinkle, R., Nelson, M. J. & Hazelton, M. L. W., Sep 1 2020, In: Journal of Law and Courts. 8, 2, p. 277-300 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Court of Appeals 100%
  • decided cases 63%
  • seizure 54%
  • deliberation 43%
  • voter 36%
  8 Scopus citations

• Measuring subjective ideological disagreement with the us supreme court

  Nelson, M. J. & Gibson, J. L., Mar 1 2020, In: Journal of Law and Courts. 8, 1, p. 75-94 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Supreme Court 100%
  • wisdom 54%
  8 Scopus citations
• 2019

  Chronicle of an election foretold: The 2017 Bolivian judicial elections

  Driscoll, A. & Nelson, M. J., 2019, In: Politica y Gobierno. 26, 1, p. 41-64 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Judicial elections 100%
  • election 44%
  • voter 19%
  • direct election 17%
  • world history 16%
  1 Scopus citations

• How does hyperpoliticized rhetoric affect the US Supreme court’s legitimacy?

  Nelson, M. J. & Gibson, J. L., Oct 1 2019, In: Journal of Politics. 81, 4, p. 1512-1516 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • rhetoric 100%
  • Supreme Court 99%
  • criticism 71%
  • credibility 54%
  • president 44%
  26 Scopus citations

• Judging Judicial Review in the American States

  Crabtree, C. & Nelson, M. J., Sep 1 2019, In: State Politics and Policy Quarterly. 19, 3, p. 287-311 25 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Judicial Review 100%
  • Judicial review 73%
  • Judges decisions 23%
  • Judicial Independence 23%
  • Judicial independence 21%
• 2018

  Crafting the Law: How Opinion Content Influences Legal Development

  Nelson, M. J. & Hinkle, R. K., Apr 3 2018, In: Justice System Journal. 39, 2, p. 97-122 26 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Legal development 100%
  • written opinions 42%
  • Law 41%
  • seizure 31%
  • High Court 30%
  8 Scopus citations

• The Intergroup Foundations of Policy Influence

  Hinkle, R. K. & Nelson, M. J., Dec 1 2018, In: Political Research Quarterly. 71, 4, p. 729-742 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • group membership 100%
  • female judge 60%
  • seizure 43%
  • aggregation 39%
  • diversification 38%
  7 Scopus citations
• 2017

  How to Lose Cases and Influence People

  Hinkle, R. K. & Nelson, M. J., Dec 1 2017, In: Statistics, Politics and Policy. 8, 2, p. 195-221 27 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  8 Scopus citations

• New evidence for a positive relationship between de Facto judicial independence and state respect for empowerment rights

  Crabtree, C. & Nelson, M. J., Mar 1 2017, In: International Studies Quarterly. 61, 1, p. 210-224 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Judicial independence 100%
  • empowerment 58%
  • respect 57%
  • evidence 30%
  • freedom of assembly 24%
  17 Scopus citations

• Opportunity and Overrides: The Effect of Institutional Public Support on Congressional Overrides of Supreme Court Decisions

  Nelson, M. J. & Uribe-McGuire, A., Sep 1 2017, In: Political Research Quarterly. 70, 3, p. 632-643 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • public support 100%
  • court decision 95%
  • Supreme Court 79%
  • judiciary 39%
  • legislative action 24%
  17 Scopus citations

• Reconsidering Positivity Theory: What Roles do Politicization, Ideological Disagreement, and Legal Realism Play in Shaping U.S. Supreme Court Legitimacy?

  Gibson, J. L. & Nelson, M. J., Sep 2017, In: Journal of Empirical Legal Studies. 14, 3, p. 592-617 26 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • role theory 100%
  • realism 80%
  • Supreme Court 65%
  • judicial structures 15%
  • Judicial authorities 12%
  36 Scopus citations

• The effects of trial judge gender and public opinion on criminal sentencing decisions

  Boyd, C. L. & Nelson, M. J., Nov 2017, In: Vanderbilt Law Review. 70, 6, p. 1819-1843 25 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • public opinion 100%
  • gender 55%
  • female judge 50%
  • court trials 28%
  • local public 23%
  13 Scopus citations

• U.S. supreme court legitimacy: Unanswered Questions and an Agenda for Future Research

  Nelson, M. J. & Gibson, J. L., Oct 2 2017, Routledge Handbook of Judicial Behavior. Taylor and Francis, p. 132-150 19 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  9 Scopus citations
• 2016

  Change in institutional support for the US supreme court

  Gibson, J. L. & Nelson, M. J., 2016, In: Public Opinion Quarterly. 80, 3, p. 622-641 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • U.S. Supreme Court 100%
  • Legitimacy 66%
  • Supreme Court 58%
  • Court Ruling 28%
  • symbol 21%
  26 Scopus citations

• Judicial elections and support for state courts

  Nelson, M. J., Dec 8 2016, Judicial Elections in the 21st Century. Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 217-232 16 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  3 Scopus citations

• Keeping Appointments: The Politics of Confirming United States Attorneys

  Nelson, M. J. & Ostrander, I., Jul 2 2016, In: Justice System Journal. 37, 3, p. 211-231 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Federal Law 100%
  • Appointees 40%
  • Senate Confirmation 20%
  • District Court 20%
  • Confirmation Process 20%
  12 Scopus citations

• The Transmission of Legal Precedent among State Supreme Courts in the Twenty-First Century

  Hinkle, R. K. & Nelson, M. J., Dec 1 2016, In: State Politics and Policy Quarterly. 16, 4, p. 391-410 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • State Supreme Courts 100%
  • Legal Precedent 100%
  • Precedent 100%
  • Cross State 25%
  • Legal Reasoning 25%
  18 Scopus citations
• 2015

  Is the U.S. supreme court's legitimacy grounded in performance satisfaction and ideology?

  Gibson, J. L. & Nelson, M. J., Jan 1 2015, In: American Journal of Political Science. 59, 1, p. 162-174 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • U.S. Supreme Court 100%
  • Performance Satisfaction 100%
  • American People 100%
  • Court Legitimacy 100%
  • Court Decisions 50%
  115 Scopus citations

• Judicial Behavior

  Nelson, M. J., Mar 26 2015, International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: Second Edition. Elsevier Inc., p. 885-890 6 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Judicial decisions 100%
  • ideology 67%
  • justice 60%
  • decision making 54%
  • Law 45%

• Judicial Independence

  Nelson, M. J., Mar 26 2015, International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: Second Edition. Elsevier Inc., p. 891-896 6 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Judicial independence 100%
  • politics 10%
  • economics 7%
  • literature 7%

• Judicial selection and the democratization of justice: lessons from the Bolivian judicial elections

  Driscoll, A. & Nelson, M. J., Mar 1 2015, In: Journal of Law and Courts. 3, 1, p. 115-148 34 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Judicial selection 100%
  • Judicial elections 99%
  • judiciary 63%
  • democratization 55%
  • confidence 45%
  20 Scopus citations
• 2014

  Can the U.S. supreme court have too much legitimacy?

  Gibson, J. L. & Nelson, M. J., Jan 1 2014, Making Law and Courts Research Relevant: The Normative Implications of Empirical Research. Taylor and Francis, p. 169-179 11 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  5 Scopus citations

• Ignorance or Opposition? Blank and Spoiled Votes in Low-Information, Highly Politicized Environments

  Driscoll, A. & Nelson, M. J., Sep 12 2014, In: Political Research Quarterly. 67, 3, p. 547-561 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • voter 100%
  • opposition 98%
  • voting 71%
  • election 30%
  53 Scopus citations

• Responsive justice? Retention elections, prosecutors, and public opinion

  Nelson, M. J., Mar 1 2014, In: Journal of Law and Courts. 2, 1, p. 117-152 36 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • public opinion 100%
  • election 81%
  • justice 80%
  • court trials 38%
  • drug 19%
  25 Scopus citations

• The legitimacy of the US supreme court: Conventional wisdoms and recent challenges thereto

  Gibson, J. L. & Nelson, M. J., Nov 3 2014, In: Annual Review of Law and Social Science. 10, p. 201-219 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • U.S. Supreme Court 100%
  • Conventional Wisdom 100%
  • Supreme Court 100%
  • Court Legitimacy 100%
  • United States 33%
  79 Scopus citations
• 2013

  Judicial elections, Bolivian-style

  Driscoll, A. & Nelson, M. J., Sep 2013, In: ABA Journal. 98, SEPTEMBER

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

• OH, MI: A note on empirical examinations of judicial elections

  Nelson, M. J., Caufield, R. P. & Martin, A. D., Dec 2013, In: State Politics and Policy Quarterly. 13, 4, p. 495-511 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Judicial Elections 100%
  • Elections 100%
  • Party Affiliation 100%
  • Michigan 50%
  • Ohio 50%
  16 Scopus citations

• The political origins of judicial elections: Evedense from the United States and Bolivia

  Driscoll, A. & Nelson, M. J., Jan 2013, In: Judicature. 96, 4, p. 151-160 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  4 Scopus citations
• 2012

  The 2011 judicial elections in Bolivia

  Driscoll, A. & Nelson, M. J., Sep 2012, In: Electoral Studies. 31, 3, p. 628-632 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  14 Scopus citations
• 2011

  Uncontested and unaccountable? Rates of contestation in trial court elections

  Nelson, M. J., Mar 2011, In: Judicature. 94, 5, p. 208-217 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  18 Scopus citations