Dr. Druscilla L. Scribner

German Bundestag ~ Reflection and transparency in government

Taken during our study abroad trip

in July 2008.

Research Latin America ~ Judicial Politics

Publications:

“The Political Dynamics of Vehicle Emissions:  A Constitutional Tale of Public Policy in Santiago” Journal of Latin American Urban Studies. Volume 8, 2007.

“Courts Under Constraints: Judges, Generals and Presidents in Argentina (review)” in Latin American Politics and Society. Volume 49, Number 4, Winter 2007.

 

Manuscripts:

“Judicialization, Executive Anticipation and Constitutional Interpretation:  Insights from the Chilean Case” (article manuscript under revision)

“Limiting Presidential Power:  The High Courts and Executive Accountability” (book manuscript in progress).

“The Contribution of the Chilean Tribunal Constitucional to the Separation of Powers:  Law vs. Decrees controversies and the relevance of “irrelevant” courts for democracy” (chapter manuscript in progress).

 

Conference papers:

“The Contribution of the Chilean Tribunal Constitucional to the Separation of Powers:  Law vs. Decrees controversies and the relevance of “irrelevant” courts for democracy” Invited presentation at The Dilemmas of Judicial Power: A Sawyer Seminar at the University of California, Berkeley (2007-2008), February 2008.

“Legislative Delegation and Presidential Power – Constitutional Limits and Judicial Response in Chile and Argentina” Prepared for delivery at the 65th Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, April 12-15, 2007.

“The Dichotomous Dependent Variable ~ What’s Gained, What’s Lost:  A Case Study of Supreme Court Decision-Making in Argentina” Prepared for delivery at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, August 31 - September 4, 2006.

“Anticipating the Consequences of Court Rulings:  The Politics of Presidential Decrees in Chile” Prepared for delivery at the 64th Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, April 20-23 2006.

“Enforcing the Bounds of Presidential Power:  The Contribution of the Chilean Tribunal Constitucional to Democratic Governance” Prepared for delivery at the 2006 Meeting of the Latin American Studies Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico March 15-18, 2006.

“Political isolation and institutional stability—implications for judicial decision-making on the Chilean Supreme Court” Prepared for delivery at the 63th Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, April 7-9 2005.

“The Chilean Supreme Court:  Political isolation and institutional stability—implications for judicial decision-making” Prepared for delivery at the 2004 Meeting of the Latin America Studies Association, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 7-9, 2004.

“Limiting presidential power:  Strategic decision-making on the Supreme Court in Chile and Argentina” Prepared for delivery at the Southern Political Science Association Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 8-11, 2004.

“Enforcing the boundaries of power:  Judicial response to emergency authority in Chile and Argentina” Prepared for delivery at the American Political Science Association Meeting, Hyatt Regency, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 28-31, 2003.

“Judicial compliance (and defiance):  Supreme Court decision-making on challenges to exceptional authority in Chile and Argentina” Prepared for delivery at the Western Political Science Association Meeting, Hyatt Regency, Denver Colorado, March 27-29, 2003.

 “Sincere and strategic judicial behavior on the Chilean Supreme Court” Prepared for delivery at the 61th Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, April 3-5 2003.

 “Executive Accountability:  Juridical Control of Presidential Decree Authority in Chile” Prepared for delivery at the 60th Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, April 25-28, 2002.

“Limiting Presidential Power:  Supreme Court – Executive Relations in Argentina and Chile” Invited Presentation, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO. February 25, 2002.

 “Checks and (un)balances in Latin American Presidential Systems:   Supreme Court- Executive Relations in Argentina and Chile” Prepared for presentation at Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies Graduate Student Research Workshop, Thursday, January 31, 2002.

“Encroachment, Horizontal Accountability, and the Juridical Control of Presidential Decree Power in Chile” Prepared for delivery at the 2001 International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, D.C., September 6-8, 2001.

“El impacto profesional y personal de la educación internacional en la era de la globalización” Guest speaker.  Diario La Nación, Buenos Aires. November 15, 2000.

"Court-Executive-Legislative Relations in Argentina" Prepared for delivery at the Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, April 27-30, 2000.

"Toward a Comparative Political Framework for Analyzing Court-Executive-Legislative Relations" Prepared for delivery at the 2000 International Congress of the Latin America Studies Association, Hyatt Regency, Miami, March 16-18, 2000. 

"Why the rule of law is weak in Latin America" Guest Lecture given at California State University Chico, Introduction to Latin American Studies, March 30, 2000.

“Hemiscope” October 25, 1999.  7 & 9 PM, UCSD-TV – Guest expert on General Pinochet case.  Program moderated by Peter H. Smith.

 

Dr. Druscilla L. Scribner