Maureen Stobb

Maureen Stobb
Georgia Southern University | GSU · Political Science and International Studies

Doctor of Philosophy

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Many look to the federal courts as an avenue of control of the growing administrative state. Some advocate the creation of specialized federal courts of appeals in areas such as immigration and social security. Yet, little is known about whether repeat exposure to specific types of cases enables federal judges to overcome doctrines of deference and...
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Courts, particularly those with the power of constitutional review, engage in supplementary lawmaking. Like other policymakers, judges seek the proper interpretation and implementation of their decisions. Research on the United States of America (U.S.) Supreme Court indicates that it strategically alters its language to obtain better compliance, bu...
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At the center of contentious debates concerning U.S. asylum policy are immigration judges, bureaucrats who decide life and death cases on a daily basis. Congress, the executive and the courts compete for influence over these key actors — administrative judges distinct from those examined in much of the bureaucratic control literature. They are hire...
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Policies concerning undocumented immigrants are inevitably ambivalent, creating uncertainty and confusion in the implementation process. We identify a clear example of this ambivalence —U.S. law setting standards for determining the credibility of asylum seekers—that resulted in an increase in asylum grants despite policymakers' intention to make i...
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We live in a time when information always seems to be at our fingertips. Government records on individuals abound. It may therefore seem hard to believe that sometimes no record exists after someone is convicted of a crime to tell us exactly what they did. In Pereida v. Wilkinson, the Supreme Court had to decide whether this ambiguity should work f...
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Supreme Court influence depends greatly on the responses of lower court judges to its precedent. Justices employ numerous strategies to obtain lower court deference to their decisions, including the provocative practice of relying upon foreign law. Referred to as “constitutional cross-fertilization” when used in constitutional interpretation, this...
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European countries face a tremendous challenge in coping with human trafficking, a challenge that has been exacerbated by the increase in irregular forms of migration to Europe since 2015. European Union members have made progress in developing a legal framework to protect trafficking victims. Yet attempts to coordinate national laws fail to addres...
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The judiciary is subject to constraint from Congress through numerous mechanisms. In particular, Congress can limit judicial discretion through the content of the statutes it passes. After the September 11 attacks, Congress sought to constrain judicial behavior through the REAL ID Act (2005). In response to growing fear of fraud in the asylum proce...
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Human rights treaties make a difference under certain circumstances. Advocates find them useful in their work. In autocracies, where the ground is less fertile, human rights agreements can be particularly valuable. I contend that the impact of ratification depends on the type of advocacy organisations present in the autocracy. My theory points to t...
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Human rights treaties make a difference under certain circumstances. Advocates find them useful in their work. In autocracies, where the ground is less fertile, human rights agreements can be particularly valuable. I contend that the impact of ratification depends on the type of advocacy organizations present in the autocracy. My theory points to t...

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