Mila Versteeg

University of Virginia School of Law

Professor of Law

580 Massie Road

Charlottesville, VA 22903

United States

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1.

The Declining Influence of the United States Constitution

New York University Law Review, Vol. 87, No. 3, pp. 762-858, June 2012
Number of pages: 97 Posted: 07 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 26 May 2012
David S. Law and Mila Versteeg
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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constitutionalism, Constitution, global constitutionalism, international law, human rights, ECHR, UDHR, ICCPR, ICESCR, Canada, Germany, South Africa, India, empirical

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The Evolution and Ideology of Global Constitutionalism

California Law Review, Vol. 99, p. 1163, 2011
Number of pages: 93 Posted: 19 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 24 Oct 2011
David S. Law and Mila Versteeg
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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constitutions, constitutionalism, constitutional convergence, policy diffusion, constitutional competition, constitutional rights, constitutional ideology

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When to Overthrow Your Government: The Right to Resist in the World's Constitutions

UCLA Law Review, Vol. 60, No. 5, 2013
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 07 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 18 Jun 2013
Tom Ginsburg, Daniel Lansberg-Rodriguez and Mila Versteeg
University of Chicago Law School, University of Chicago Law School and University of Virginia School of Law
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Constitutional Law, Comparative Constitutional Law, Right to Resist

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Sham Constitutions

101 California Law Review 863 (2013)
Number of pages: 91 Posted: 23 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 01 Jul 2013
David S. Law and Mila Versteeg
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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constitutions, sham constitutions, constitutionalism, socioeconomic rights, empirical constitutional studies

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Why Do Countries Adopt Constitutional Review?

Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 02 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 16 Oct 2013
Tom Ginsburg and Mila Versteeg
University of Chicago Law School and University of Virginia School of Law
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constitutional review, political insurance, diffusion

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Transnational Constitutions

6th Annual Conference for Empirical Legal Studies Paper (2011)
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 14 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 08 Feb 2015
Benedikt Goderis and Mila Versteeg
The Netherlands Institute for Social Research|SCP and University of Virginia School of Law
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constitutions, diffusion, human rights, spatial econometrics

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Unpopular Constitutionalism

Indiana Law Journal, Vol. 89, 2014, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 20 May 2013 Last Revised: 06 Mar 2014
Mila Versteeg
University of Virginia School of Law
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constitutions, constitutionalism, popular opinion, constitutional theory, empirical legal studies

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American Constitutional Exceptionalism Revisited

81 University of Chicago Law Review 1641 (2014)
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 26 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2015
Mila Versteeg and Emily Zackin
University of Virginia School of Law and Johns Hopkins University
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comparative constitutional law, state constitutions, american exceptionalism

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Do Constitutional Rights Make a Difference?

University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 694
Number of pages: 86 Posted: 09 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 27 Nov 2015
Adam S. Chilton and Mila Versteeg
University of Chicago - Law School and University of Virginia School of Law
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Constitutional Rights, Human Rights, Causal Inference

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Law versus Norms: The Impact of Human Rights Treaties on Constitutional Rights

Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2014-2
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 28 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2015
Mila Versteeg
University of Virginia School of Law
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constitutions, human rights, international human rights treaties

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Binding the Unbound Executive: Checks and Balances in Times of Pandemic

Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2020-52
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 26 May 2020 Last Revised: 16 Jun 2020
Tom Ginsburg and Mila Versteeg
University of Chicago Law School and University of Virginia School of Law
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Constitutional Variation Among Strains of Authoritarianism

Constitutions in Authoritarian Regimes (Tom Ginsburg & Alberto Simpser eds., Cambridge Univ Press, 2014), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 16 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 14 Mar 2014
David S. Law and Mila Versteeg
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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authoritarian, autocratic, dictatorship, constitutions, constitutional drafting, constitutional candor, sham constitution, candid constitution

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Rights Without Resources: The Impact of Constitutional Social Rights on Social Spending

Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2016-20
Number of pages: 95 Posted: 25 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2017
Adam S. Chilton and Mila Versteeg
University of Chicago - Law School and University of Virginia School of Law
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Constitutional Rights, Constitutional Law, Comparative Law, Social Rights, Human Rights, Education Spending, Healthcare Spending

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The Failure of Constitutional Torture Prohibitions

Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 44
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 21 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 02 Nov 2015
Adam S. Chilton and Mila Versteeg
University of Chicago - Law School and University of Virginia School of Law
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Constitutions Un-Entrenched: Toward an Alternative Theory of Constitutional Design

American Political Science Review (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 16 May 2016 Last Revised: 29 Aug 2016
Mila Versteeg and Emily Zackin
University of Virginia School of Law and Johns Hopkins University
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International Law in National Legal Systems: An Empirical Investigation

Comparative International Law, Anthea Roberts, Paul B. Stephan, Pierre-Hugues Verdier & Mila Versteeg, eds., Oxford University Press, 2018, pp. 209-230
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 12 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 17 Mar 2018
Pierre-Hugues Verdier and Mila Versteeg
University of Virginia School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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international law, domestic law, incorporation, treaties, customary international law, empirical legal studies

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Modes of Domestic Incorporation of International Law

Wayne Sandholtz & Christopher A. Whytock (eds), Handbook on the Politics of International Law (Edward Elgar, 2016), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 03 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 10 Feb 2016
Pierre-Hugues Verdier and Mila Versteeg
University of Virginia School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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international law, domestic law, incorporation, treaties, customary international law, empirical legal studies

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The Law and Politics of Presidential Term Limit Evasion

Columbia Law Review, 2020
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 27 Mar 2019 Last Revised: 29 Mar 2019
Mila Versteeg, Timothy Horley, Anne Meng, Mauricio Guim and Marilyn Guirguis
University of Virginia School of Law, University of Virginia School of Law, University of Virginia, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) - Law School and Independent
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comparative constitutional law, term limits, presidential powers

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The Contours of Constitutional Approval

94 Washington University Law Review 113 (2016)
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 18 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 29 Dec 2016
Nicholas Stephanopoulos and Mila Versteeg
Harvard Law School and University of Virginia School of Law
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Constitutional approval, constitutional law, state constitutions

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Separation of Powers, Treaty-Making, and Treaty Withdrawal: A Global Survey

Oxford Handbook of Comparative Foreign Relations Law (Curtis A. Bradley ed., 2019, Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 10 Oct 2018
Pierre-Hugues Verdier and Mila Versteeg
University of Virginia School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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treaties, treaty-making, treaty withdrawal, comparative foreign relations law, comparative international law, executive agreements, judicial review

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Conceptualizing Comparative International Law

COMPARATIVE INTERNATIONAL LAW, Anthea Roberts, Paul B. Stephan, Pierre-Hugues Verdier & Mila Versteeg, eds., Oxford University Press, 2018, ISBN: 9780190697570
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 22 Mar 2018
Anthea Roberts, Paul B. Stephan, Pierre-Hugues Verdier and Mila Versteeg
School of Regulation & Global Governance (RegNet), University of Virginia School of Law, University of Virginia School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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International law, comparative law, comparative method

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Constitutional Courts' Limited Impact on the Protection of Constitutional Rights

University of Chicago Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 24 Jul 2017 Last Revised: 03 May 2018
Adam S. Chilton and Mila Versteeg
University of Chicago - Law School and University of Virginia School of Law
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Constitutional Rights, Comparative Constitutional Law, Comparative Law, Judicial Independence, Judicial Review

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The External Dimensions of Constitutions

Virginia Journal of International Law, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 18 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 23 Jan 2018
Eyal Benvenisti and Mila Versteeg
University of Cambridge - Lauterpacht Centre for International Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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The Politics of Takings Clauses

Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 109, No. 3, 2015
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 15 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 17 Jun 2015
Mila Versteeg
University of Virginia School of Law
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Constitutions, Takings Clauses

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From Catalonia to California: Secession in Constitutional Law

Alabama Law Review, 2019
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 27 Mar 2019 Last Revised: 29 Mar 2019
Tom Ginsburg and Mila Versteeg
University of Chicago Law School and University of Virginia School of Law
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secession, comparative constitutional law

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Support for Restricting Liberty for Safety: Evidence During the COVID-19 Pandemic from the United States, Japan, and Israel

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 04 May 2020
Adam S. Chilton, Kevin L. Cope, Charles Crabtree and Mila Versteeg
University of Chicago - Law School, University of Virginia School of Law, University of Michigan - Political Science, Students and University of Virginia School of Law
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COVID-19, Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Public Opinion

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International Law, Constitutional Law, and Public Support for Torture

Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 22
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 26 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 09 Feb 2016
Adam S. Chilton and Mila Versteeg
University of Chicago - Law School and University of Virginia School of Law
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Human Rights; Torture; International Law; Constitutional Law; Survey Experiment; Public Opinion

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The Political Economy of the Constitutional Right to Asylum

Cornell Law Review, Vol. 102, 2017
Number of pages: 100 Posted: 24 Apr 2017
Lucas Kowalczyk and Mila Versteeg
University of Virginia - School of Law, Alumnus or Degree Candidate Author and University of Virginia School of Law
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Right to Asylum, Comparative Constitutional Law

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Small-c Constitutional Rights

Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2019-67
Number of pages: 90 Posted: 02 Dec 2019 Last Revised: 23 Jan 2020
Adam S. Chilton and Mila Versteeg
University of Chicago - Law School and University of Virginia School of Law
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Constitutional Law, Comparative Law, Constitutional Rights, Comparative Constitutional Law, Rights

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Empirical Studies of Human Rights Law

Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Vol. 15, pp. 155-182, 2019
Posted: 23 Oct 2019
Kevin L. Cope, Cosette D. Creamer and Mila Versteeg
University of Virginia School of Law, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Department of Political Science and University of Virginia School of Law

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Constitutions

James D. Wright (editor-in-chief), International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2nd edition, Vol 4. Oxford: Elsevier. pp. 710–715.
Posted: 24 Apr 2015
Kevin L. Cope and Mila Versteeg
University of Virginia School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law

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Constitutions, Delegation of Power: Agency Theory; Democratic Theory; Political Efficacy; Governments; Institutionalism; Theory of State Formation

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Theoretical Perspectives on the Social and Political Foundations of Constitutions

The Social and Political Foundations of Constitutions, D. J. Galligan and M. Versteeg, eds., Cambridge University Press, 2013
Posted: 27 May 2013 Last Revised: 04 Aug 2013
Denis Galligan and Mila Versteeg
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law and University of Virginia School of Law

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Human Rights Violations after 9/11 and the Role of Constitutional Constraints

Journal of Legal Studies Vol. 41, p.131, 2012
Posted: 08 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 09 Sep 2012
Benedikt Goderis and Mila Versteeg
The Netherlands Institute for Social Research|SCP and University of Virginia School of Law

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human rights, terrorism, 9/11, checks and balances, constitutions, constitutional courts