Thomas F. Burke

Wellesley College, Political Science Department

Professor

106 Central St.

Wellesley, MA 02181

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

10

DOWNLOADS

593

SSRN CITATIONS

7

CROSSREF CITATIONS

16

Ideas:
“  I'm currently revising the 10th edition of Reason in Law with co-author Jessica Silbey and finishing up an edited volume, Covid Law Stories.  ”

Scholarly Papers (10)

1.

The Civil Rights Template and the Americans with Disabilities Act: A Socio-Legal Perspective on the Promise and Limits of Individual Rights

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 30 Jan 2015
Thomas F. Burke and Jeb Barnes
Wellesley College, Political Science Department and University of Southern California - Department of Political Science
Downloads 142 (399,620)
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Civil rights, discrimination, disability, organizations

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The Concept of Corruption in Campaign Finance Law

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 29 Jan 2015
Thomas F. Burke
Wellesley College, Political Science Department
Downloads 78 (605,890)
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campaign finance, corruption, Buckley v. Valeo, representation

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The Rights Revolution Continues: Why New Rights are Born (and Old Rights Rarely Die)

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 29 Jan 2015
Thomas F. Burke
Wellesley College, Political Science Department
Downloads 75 (619,247)
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rights, regulation by litigation, litigiousness

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The Diffusion of Rights: From Law on the Books to Organizational Rights Practices

Law & Society Review, Volume 40, Number 3 (2006)
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 27 Jan 2015
Jeb Barnes and Thomas F. Burke
University of Southern California - Department of Political Science and Wellesley College, Political Science Department
Downloads 72 (632,919)
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rights, organizations, neo-institutionalism, disability

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Making Way: Legal Mobilization, Organizational Response, and Wheelchair Access

Law & Society Review, Volume 46, Number 1 (2012)
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 28 Jan 2015
Jeb Barnes and Thomas F. Burke
University of Southern California - Department of Political Science and Wellesley College, Political Science Department
Downloads 66 (662,204)

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organizations, disability, rights, neo-institutionalism

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Layering, Kludgeocracy and Disability Rights: The Limited Influence of the Social Model in American Disability Policy

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 20 Sep 2017
Thomas F. Burke and Jeb Barnes
Wellesley College, Political Science Department and University of Southern California - Department of Political Science
Downloads 47 (771,891)

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Rights, Americans with Disability Act, Layering, Kludgeocracy, Social Model

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Is There an Empirical Literature on Rights?

Studies in Law, Politics and Society, Volume 48, 2009
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 28 Jan 2015
Thomas F. Burke and Jeb Barnes
Wellesley College, Political Science Department and University of Southern California - Department of Political Science
Downloads 42 (806,839)

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Rights, The Hollow Hope, Rights at Work

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The Judicial Implementation of Statutes: Three Stories About Courts and the Americans with Disabilities Act

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 28 Jan 2015
Thomas F. Burke
Wellesley College, Political Science Department
Downloads 40 (821,856)
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disabliity, judicial implementation, rights

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Political Regimes and the Future of the First Amendment

Special Issue: Constitutional Politics in a Conservative Era Studies in Law, Politics, and Society, Volume 44, 107–139 Copyright r 2008 by Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 28 Jan 2015
Thomas F. Burke
Wellesley College, Political Science Department
Downloads 31 (895,643)

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First Amendment, regime politics, religion

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Untangling the Concept of Adversarial Legalism

Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Vol. 16, pp. 473-487, 2020
Posted: 19 Oct 2020
Jeb Barnes and Thomas F. Burke
University of Southern California - Department of Political Science and Wellesley College, Political Science Department

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Other Papers (2)

Total Downloads: 18
1.

From the Courthouse to the Chalkboard

Tulsa Law Review, Vol. 49, 2013
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 28 Jan 2015
Thomas F. Burke
Wellesley College, Political Science Department
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law, social change, same-sex marriage

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Litigation and the Politics of the American Welfare State

APSA 2012 Annual Meeting Paper
Posted: 15 Jul 2012
Jeb Barnes and Thomas F. Burke
University of Southern California - Department of Political Science and Wellesley College, Political Science Department

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