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Introduction / David Schultz and Jurij Toplak -- Democratic theory and election law / David Schultz -- Representative government and elections / Mark E. Rush -- Voting rights and limitations / Djordje Gardašević and Jurij Toplak -- Electoral management / Toby S. James and Holly Ann Garnett -- Electronic voting / Robert Krimmer and Jordi Barrat i Esteve -- Election law in advanced democracies / Steven J. Mulroy -- Challenges in electoral integrity / Pippa Norris -- Elections as rituals / Graeme Orr -- International election observation and standards / Alexander Shlyk -- Election observation : using law and international standards - a practitioner's perspective / Hannah Roberts -- Election disputes, complaints, and appeals / Bob Watt -- Role of money in campaigns and elections / Emily Schnurr -- Political finance / Barbara Jouan Stonestreet -- Gender quotas in politics / Drude Dahlerup and Lenita Freidenvall -- Election participation of persons with disabilities / Enira Bronitskaya -- Personalization of elections : in search of the sound conception / Klemen Jaklič and Maša Setnikar -- European Court of Human Rights and the Election Law / Jurij Toplak -- Post-election disputes in Europe / Mathieu Leloup -- The Election Law in Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania / Inese Druviete and Ēriks Kristians Selga -- Election Law in Turkey / Ali Çarkoğlu -- Election Law in Latin America / Daniela Urosa -- Contested elections in Africa : the roles of courts in electoral processes / Ugochukwu Ezeh -- Election Law in India / M. V. Rajeev Gowda and Varun Santhosh -- Election Law in Malaysia / Mohd Azizuddin Mohd Sani -- Legal reforms for electoral integrity in Pakistan / Hassan Nasir Mirbahar -- Deep Election Law in South Korea / Erik Johan Mobrand.

Introduction / David Schultz and Jurij Toplak -- Democratic theory and election law / David Schultz -- Representative government and elections / Mark E. Rush -- Voting rights and limitations / Djordje Gardašević and Jurij Toplak -- Electoral management / Toby S. James and Holly Ann Garnett -- Electronic voting / Robert Krimmer and Jordi Barrat i Esteve -- Election law in advanced democracies / Steven J. Mulroy -- Challenges in electoral integrity / Pippa Norris -- Elections as rituals / Graeme Orr -- International election observation and standards / Alexander Shlyk -- Election observation : using law and international standards - a practitioner's perspective / Hannah Roberts -- Election disputes, complaints, and appeals / Bob Watt -- Role of money in campaigns and elections / Emily Schnurr -- Political finance / Barbara Jouan Stonestreet -- Gender quotas in politics / Drude Dahlerup and Lenita Freidenvall -- Election participation of persons with disabilities / Enira Bronitskaya -- Personalization of elections : in search of the sound conception / Klemen Jaklič and Maša Setnikar -- European Court of Human Rights and the Election Law / Jurij Toplak -- Post-election disputes in Europe / Mathieu Leloup -- The Election Law in Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania / Inese Druviete and Ēriks Kristians Selga -- Election Law in Turkey / Ali Çarkoğlu -- Election Law in Latin America / Daniela Urosa -- Contested elections in Africa : the roles of courts in electoral processes / Ugochukwu Ezeh -- Election Law in India / M. V. Rajeev Gowda and Varun Santhosh -- Election Law in Malaysia / Mohd Azizuddin Mohd Sani -- Legal reforms for electoral integrity in Pakistan / Hassan Nasir Mirbahar -- Deep Election Law in South Korea / Erik Johan Mobrand.

"Governments need rules, institutions, and processes to translate the will of the people into functioning democracies. Election laws are the rules that make that happen. Yet across the world various countries have crafted different rules regarding how elections are conducted, who gets to vote, who is allowed to run for office, what role political parties have, and what place money has in the financing of campaigns and candidates. This book is a cross-national comparative book surveying the electoral practices and law of the major and emerging democracies across the world. It brings together scholars on election law and democracy, examining specific issues, topics, and the regions of the world when it comes to rules, institutions, and processes regarding how they run their elections"--Publisher's description.

Scalia, sissies, and administrative law / David Schultz -- Justice Scalia's modest employment discrimination law legacy / Henry L. Chambers, Jr -- Playing defense in the "culture wars" : justice Scalia on race, gender, and sexual orientation / Mary Welek Atwell -- Justice scalia and criminal justice : a mixed record with conservative impact / Christopher E. Smith and Charles F. Jacobs -- Threat and suspicion : Scalia's legacy for a transnational judicial dialogue / Maureen Stobb -- The anti-Madison : Antonin Scalia's theory of politics / Howard Schweber -- Justice Scalia and the legal conservative movement : an exploration of Nino's neoconservatism / Jesse Merriam -- Justice Scalia and the originalist fallacy / Stephen M. Feldman -- The jurisprudence of Justice Scalia : common-law judging behind an originalist façade / Ronald Kahn and Gerard Michael D'Emilio -- Justice Scalia and oral arguments at the Supreme Court / Tim Johnson, Ryan Black, and Ryan J. Owens -- Justice Scalia's concurring opinion writing / Ryan J. Owens and Christopher J. Krewson -- Justice Scalia's confirmation hearing legacy / Alexander Denison and Justin Wedeking -- Was Antonin Scalia a "great" Supreme Court Justice? / James Staab

ABSTRACT
Eastern European post-communist countries inherited pervasive corruption after the breakup of the USSR. Public trust was the crucial factor in tackling corruption and democracy building in these countries. This article takes Armenia as a case to study the antecedents and evolution of trust in Eastern European post-communist countries that went through a government coup in the 21st century. By comparing the corruption situation in Armenia before and after the Velvet Revolution 2018, we scrutinise how trust was and is critical to combating corruption and democracy building. We argue that in transition governments, one can distinguish two sources of creating public trust. The first wave generates when the government is newly established, and people trust the leader and his persona. Arguably, in this stage, the level of trust generated is based on expectations. The second wave of trust comes with the government's actual performance, measured partly based on corruption perception.

Corruption is a persistent problem that plagues the world. It knows no borders. It is a problem facing post-communist countries as they transition to democracies and market economies, as well as established democracies and other regimes. While the causes of corruption are varied, the tools often suggested to combat corruption include expanded use of whistleblowing in terms of incentives to encourage it and laws to protect whistleblowers. This article examines the role of whistleblowing as a tool to combat corruption. It describes the law and role of whistleblowing in a comparative context, focusing on the United States, the European Union, and Armenia. The article then concludes with recommendations regarding how whistleblowing could be strengthened, especially in Armenia, as an example of a post-communist state, to be an effective tool for addressing corruption.

The potential and serious effects of anthropogenic climate change are often communicated through the soundbite that anthropogenic climate change will produce more extreme weather. This soundbite has become popular with scientists and the media to get the public and governments to act against further increases in global temperature and their associated effects through the communication of scary scenarios, what the authors term "atmosfear." Underlying atmosfear's appeal, however, are four premises. First, atmosfear reduces the complexity of climate change to an identifiable target in the form of anthropogenically forced weather extremes. Second, anthropogenically driven weather extremes mandate a responsibility to act to protect the planet and society from harmful and increased risk. Third, achieving these ethical goals is predicated on emissions policies. Fourth, the end result of these policies—a nonanthropogenic climate—is assumed to be more benign than an anthropogenically influenced one. Atmosfear oversimplifies and misstates the true state of the science and policy concerns in three ways. First, weather extremes are only one of the predicted effects of climate change and are best addressed by measures other than emission policies. Second, a preindustrial climate may remain a policy goal, but it is unachievable in reality. Third, the damages caused by any anthropogenically driven extremes may be overshadowed by the damages caused by increased exposure and vulnerability to the future risk. In reality, recent increases in damages and losses due to extreme weather events are due to societal factors. Thus, invoking atmosfear through such approaches as attribution science is not an effective means of either stimulating or legitimizing climate policies.