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Legal and Constitutional Studies

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Adam Bonica
Stanford University
2
Karam Kang
Carnegie Mellon University
3
Azul A. Aguiar-Aguilar
Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente
4
Jack Boeglin
Yale University
5
Caio Castelliano
Universidade de Brasília
6
Ann G. Backof
University of Virginia
7
Lauritz Aastrup Munch
Aarhus University
8
Tilko Swalve
Leibniz University Hannover
9
Nathan T. Carrington
Clemson University
10
Benjamín García Holgado
University of Notre Dame

Rising Stars Papers

1
The Costs of Self-Driving Cars: Reconciling Freedom and Privacy with Tort Liability in Autonomous Vehicle Regulation
SSRN Electronic Journal|2025
54 cit.
2
Algorithmic decision-making: The right to explanation and the significance of stakes
Big Data & Society|2024
14 cit.
3
The Dark Side of Legalism: Abuse of the Law and Democratic Erosion in Argentina, Ecuador, and Venezuela
American Behavioral Scientist|2024
10 cit.
4
Overruling the Executive: Judicial Strategies to Resist Democratic Erosion
Journal of Law and Courts|2025
8 cit.
5
The “Odd Party Out” Theory of Certiorari
The Journal of Politics|2024
7 cit.
6
Why the NSA didn’t diminish your privacy but might have violated your right to privacy
Analysis|2024
7 cit.
7
Can large language models help solve the cost problem for the right to explanation?
Journal of Medical Ethics|2024
4 cit.
8
Deep learning models and the limits of explainable artificial intelligence
Asian Journal of Philosophy|2025
4 cit.
9
Old money: Campaign finance and gerontocracy in the United States
Journal of Public Economics|2025
4 cit.
10
What Relational Egalitarians Should (Not) Believe
Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy|2024
3 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Crystal Yang
National Bureau of Economic Research
2
Ian Appel
European Corporate Governance Institute
3
Megan T. Stevenson
University of Virginia
4
Ethan Frenchman
Government of the District of Columbia
5
Reeyarn Zhiyang Li
Paderborn University
6
Brian M. Goodson
Clemson University
7
Magdalena Małecka
University of Copenhagen
8
K. Sabeel Rahman
Bond University
9
Flora Renz
University of Kent
10
Marilyn Guirguis
Unknown

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Fear and the Safety Net: Evidence from Secure Communities
The Review of Economics and Statistics|2022
55 cit.
2
The Importance of Clarification of Auditors' Responsibilities Under the New Audit Reporting Standards*
Contemporary Accounting Research|2022
39 cit.
3
Identification Using Russell 1000/2000 Index Assignments: A Discussion of Methodologies
Critical Finance Review|2024
33 cit.
4
Reimagining Gender Through Equality Law: What Legal Thoughtways Do Religion and Disability Offer?
Feminist Legal Studies|2022
29 cit.
5
Does Cash Bail Deter Misconduct?
American Economic Journal Applied Economics|2023
21 cit.
6
Short Campaigns by Hedge Funds
Review of Financial Studies|2023
21 cit.
7
AI and discriminative decisions in recruitment: Challenging the core assumptions
Big Data & Society|2024
20 cit.
8
Algorithmic Risk Assessment in the Hands of Humans
American Economic Journal Economic Policy|2024
19 cit.
9
Decentralized Governance and Digital Asset Prices
SSRN Electronic Journal|2023
19 cit.
10
Control of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations
AEA Papers and Proceedings|2023
19 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Barry R. Weingast
Stanford University
2
Steven Shavell
Harvard University Press
3
Richard H. Thaler
University of Chicago
4
Cass R. Sunstein
Harvard University
5
Eric A. Posner
Chicago Kent College of Law
6
Jean Tirole
Institut d'Économie Industrielle
7
Andrei Shleifer
National Bureau of Economic Research
8
Adrian Vermeule
Harvard University Press
9
William Marshall
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
10
Guido Tabellini
Ifo Institute for Economic Research

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
A Survey of Corporate Governance
The Journal of Finance|1997
16.2k cit.
2
Corporate Ownership Around the World
The Journal of Finance|1999
10.7k cit.
3
Large Shareholders and Corporate Control
Journal of Political Economy|1986
8.6k cit.
4
Does the Stock Market Overreact?
The Journal of Finance|1985
7.2k cit.
5
Toward a positive theory of consumer choice
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization|1980
5.6k cit.
6
Theory of Industrial Organization.
Economica|1989
5.4k cit.
7
Constitutions and Commitment: The Evolution of Institutions Governing Public Choice in Seventeenth-Century England
The Journal of Economic History|1989
5.3k cit.
8
Anomalies: The Endowment Effect, Loss Aversion, and Status Quo Bias
The Journal of Economic Perspectives|1991
5k cit.
9
Mental Accounting and Consumer Choice
Marketing Science|1985
4.8k cit.
10
Growth in Cities
Journal of Political Economy|1992
4.6k cit.

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