Karen Alter

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Karen Alter is affiliated with the following schools: University of California, Berkeley, Northwestern University , Northwestern University, Cornell University, University of Copenhagen

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PhD Political Science University of California, Berkeley
Doctorate Law University of California, Berkeley

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According to Wikipedia, Karen J. Alter is an American academic, well known for her interdisciplinary work on international law's influence in international and domestic politics. Alter is a figure in comparative international courts and the politics of international regime complexity. Her early work focused on the European Court of Justice, a topic on which she published two books and many articles. Karen Alter is a Guggenheim Fellow, and the winner of a Berlin Prize from the American Academy in Berlin. Alter has a courtesy appointment at Northwestern Law School. Fluent in French, Italian and German, Alter has conducted research throughout Europe, Africa and Latin America.

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The Politics of International Regime Complexity (2009) (630)
Who Are the “Masters of the Treaty”?: European Governments and the European Court of Justice (1998) (467)
Establishing the Supremacy of European Law: The Making of an International Rule of Law in Europe (2001) (352)
Agents or Trustees? International Courts in their Political Context (2008) (244)
The European Court's political power (1996) (238)
Judicial Politics in the European Community (1994) (229)
Explaining Variation in the Use of European Litigation Strategies (2000) (208)
The European Union's Legal System and Domestic Policy: Spillover or Backlash? (2000) (174)
Nested and overlapping regimes in the transatlantic banana trade dispute (2006) (141)
The New Terrain of International Law: Courts, Politics, Rights (2014) (140)
The Rise of International Regime Complexity (2018) (135)
The New Terrain of International Law (2014) (104)
Nature or Nurture? Judicial Lawmaking in the European Court of Justice and the Andean Tribunal of Justice (2010) (101)
The European Court's Political Power: Selected Essays (2009) (95)
Backlash against International Courts in West, East and Southern Africa: Causes and Consequences (2016) (93)
How Context Shapes the Authority of International Courts (2018) (77)
Explaining National Court Acceptance of European Court Jurisprudence: A Critical Evaluation of Theories of Legal Integration (1998) (76)
The Oxford Handbook of International Adjudication (2014) (76)
Private Litigants and the New International Courts (2006) (71)
A New International Human Rights Court for West Africa: The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice (2013) (71)
Resolving or Exacerbating Disputes? The WTO's New Dispute Resolution System (2003) (70)
The Global Spread of European Style International Courts (2012) (67)
Islands of Effective International Adjudication: Constructing an Intellectual Property Rule of Law in the Andean Community (2009) (67)
Delegating to International Courts: Self-Binding vs. Other-Binding Delegation (2007) (66)
Review of The European Parliament and the Supranational Party System, Amie Kreppel, Cambridge University Press: Comparative Political Studies (2004) (63)
Delegation to International Courts and the Limits of Recontracting Political Power (2005) (50)
Gender and Status in American Political Science: Who Determines Whether a Scholar Is Noteworthy? (2020) (37)
Legitimacy and Lawmaking: A Tale of Three International Courts (2013) (31)
Transplanting the European Court of Justice: The Experience of the Andean Tribunal of Justice (2011) (27)
The Evolving International Judiciary (2011) (27)
Transplanting the European Court of Justice: The Experience of the Andean Tribunal of Justice (2011) (27)
The Multiple Roles of International Courts and Tribunals: Enforcement, Dispute Settlement, Constitutional and Administrative Review (2012) (26)
Do International Courts Enhance Compliance with International Law (2006) (26)
The Theory and Reality of the European Coal and Steel Community (2006) (26)
Conceptualising backlash politics: Introduction to a special issue on backlash politics in comparison (2020) (20)
The European Court's Political Power Across Time and Space (2009) (20)
Banana Splits: Nested and Competing Regimes in the Transatlantic Banana Trade Dispute (2006) (18)
The Making of an International Rule of Law in Europe (2003) (17)
The Politics of International Regime Complexity Symposium (2007) (16)
Theorizing the Judicialization of International Relations (2019) (15)
Transplanting International Courts: The Law and Politics of the Andean Tribunal of Justice (2017) (15)
Mapping International Adjudicative Bodies, the Issues and Players (2013) (15)
The Andean Tribunal of Justice and its Interlocutors: Understanding Preliminary Reference Patterns in the Andean Community (2009) (15)
Theorising backlash politics: Conclusion to a special issue on backlash politics in comparison (2020) (13)
The Empire of International Law? (2019) (12)
Tipping the Balance: International Courts and the Construction of International and Domestic Politics (2011) (12)
Law, Political Science and EU Legal Studies (2002) (11)
The European Court of Justice and European Law (1999) (11)
Legal Integration in the Andes: Law‐Making by the Andean Tribunal of Justice (2011) (11)
The European Court and Legal Integration: An Exceptional Story or Harbinger of the Future? (2008) (11)
Islands of Effective International Adjudication: Constructing an Intellectual Property Rule of Law in the Andean Community (2009) (10)
The Multiplication of International Courts and Tribunals After the End of the Cold War (2013) (9)
The promise and perils of theorizing international regime complexity in an evolving world (2022) (7)
Jurist Advocacy Movements in Europe and the Andes (2016) (7)
The making of a rule of law in Europe : the European Court and the national judiciaries (1996) (7)
Regional Dispute Settlement (2016) (7)
The European Court and Civil Society: Litigation, Mobilization and Governance. By Rachel A. Cichowski. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. 310p. $39.99. (2010) (7)
Backlash Politics: Introduction to a Symposium on Backlash Politics in Comparison (2019) (6)
"Where, When and How Does the European Legal System Influence Domestic Policy?" (1999) (5)
International Court Authority in Question (2018) (5)
The European Court and National Courts,Doctrine and Jurisprudence: Legal Change in its Social Context,Explaning National Court Acceptance of European Court Jurisprudence: A Critical Evaluation of Theories of Legal Integration (1995) (4)
The Evolving Transnational Legal Order (2011) (4)
National Perspectives on International Constitutional Review: Diverging Optics (2017) (4)
From Colonial to Multilateral International Law: A Global Capitalism and Law Investigation (2021) (3)
The Variable Authority of International Courts (2016) (3)
Theorizing Backlash Politics (2019) (3)
The Influence of the Andean Intellectual Property Regime on Access to Medicines in Latin America (2011) (3)
International Court Authority in a Complex World (2018) (3)
Transplanting the European Court of Justice: Findings from the Experience of the Andean Tribunal of Justice (2012) (3)
When and How to Legally Challenge Economic Globalization: A Comment on the German Constitutional Court's False Promise (2021) (3)
Critical Junctures and The Future International Courts in a Post-Liberal World Order (2018) (2)
Contemporary International Adjudicators: Evolution and Multiplication (2014) (2)
Review of The European Court and Civil Society: Litigation, Mobilization and Governance, Rachel A. Cichowski, Cambridge University Press: Perspective on Politics (2010) (2)
Comprehending global governance: International regime complexity vs. global constitutionalism (2020) (2)
The Evolution of International Law and Courts (2014) (2)
Unilateralism and Multilateralism in American Foreign Policy (2004) (2)
The trials and tribulations of prosecuting heads of states: Kenyatta and the ICC (2014) (2)
The only way to counter Russia: Invoking international law is the best way to respond to Russia's action in the Ukraine: US News & World Report (2014) (2)
Is 'groupthink' driving us to war: The Boston Globe (2002) (2)
On Law And Policy in the European Court of Justice: An American Perspective (2010) (2)
National Judicial Interests and the Process Legal Integration in Europe (2003) (2)
Mapping International Courts and Tribunals, the Issues and Players (2014) (2)
The New International Courts (2013) (1)
Iraq: Who lied? The high cost of lying about war: Chicago Tribune (2003) (1)
Let nations, not the world, prosecute corruption: US News & World Report (2014) (1)
Book Reviews (2004) (1)
Too Much Power for the Judges? Understanding the European Court’s Political Power (2012) (1)
When and how to legally challenge economic globalization: A comment on the German Constitutional Court’s false promise (2021) (1)
Recent Books on International Law (2003) (1)
Law in Action: Human Rights, Conflict Resolution and National Identity (2018) (1)
Resolving or Exacerbating Disputes: The Wto's New Dispute System (2004) (1)
Global Governance and the Problem of the Second Best: The Example of Reforming the World Trade Organization (2019) (1)
Delegating Sovereignty to International Courts (2007) (1)
Review of The Rules of Federalism, R. Daniel Kelemen, Harvard University Press: European Union Studies Association Review (2004) (1)
Illustrations: A Reader's Guide (2013) (1)
International Enforcement Courts (2011) (1)
CHAPTER 9. International Courts and Democratic Politics (2014) (1)
Introduction to the Symposium on Kristina Daugirdas, “Reputation as a Disciplinarian of International Organizations” (2019) (1)
A New Human Rights Court for West Africa (2016) (1)
Chinese and Western Perspectives on the Rule of Law and their International Implications (2022) (0)
The ICJ In Comparison: Understanding the ICJ’s Limited Influence (2020) (0)
Beyond the bubbles: Sodagate reminds us good vs. evil not always so clear (2014) (0)
Big Decisions in European Legal and Economic Integration: What Have We Learned? (2020) (0)
Will america's failed domestic policy spur a new cold war?: Huffington Post (2014) (0)
Conceptualizing Backlash Politics (2019) (0)
Conceptualizing Backlash Politics (2019) (0)
Contracting v. MultilateralIsm in Global Economic Governance: Before, During and After the WTO (2020) (0)
INO volume 66 issue 1 Cover and Back matter (2012) (0)
Remarks by Karen J. Alter (2020) (0)
The International Adjudication of Mega-Politics (2021) (0)
Northwestern University School of Law Scholarly Commons (2011) (0)
Court Treaty Bibliography and Litigation Data Sources (2014) (0)
The High Water Mark of International Judicialization? (2021) (0)
Notes on Contributors (2012) (0)
Beyond Backlash: The Consequences of Adjudicating Mega-politics (2021) (0)
The Judiciary’s New Robes: The Evolution of International Court Power: The Berlin Journal (2011) (0)
International law and chemical weapons: Conservative arguments of substance (2013) (0)
Veiled Power: International Law and the Private Corporation 1886–1981. By Doreen Lustig. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2020. Pp. vii, 256. Index. (2023) (0)
Eurolegalism: The Transformation of Law and Regulation in the European Union, by Daniel R. Kelemen (2012) (0)
The Sword and the Sheild: The United States and International Courts and Tribunals, Cesare P.R. Romano ed. (2011) (0)
Editors’ Preface and Table of Contents (2013) (0)
Building an International Rule of Law in Andean Countries: The Andean Court of Justice and Disputes over Intellectual Property Protection (2008) (0)
Do the Lessons of EU Legal Integration "Travel"? (2000) (0)
Review of Law and Governance in Postnational Europe: Compliance beyond the Nation State, Michael Zürn and Christain Joerges eds Cambridge University Press 2004: Modern Law Review (2005) (0)
CHAPTER 1. The New Terrain of International Law (2014) (0)
Grants and Fellowships (2006) (0)
Jurist Social Movements in Europe: EUSA Review (2007) (0)
Four well-intentioned international law ideas doomed to fail (2014) (0)
Islamic law and international law: Peaceful resolution of disputes. Emilia Justyna Powell. New York City, New York: Oxford University Press, 2020. 328 pp. $74.00 (cloth) (2020) (0)
Legal Cases Index and Citations (2014) (0)
International law's legacy vs. the cases of Ukraine and Syria (2014) (0)
CHAPTER 6. International Administrative Review (2014) (0)
William Phelen. 2015. In place of inter-state retaliation: The European Union’s rejection of WTO-style trade sanctions (Oxford: Oxford University Press) (2015) (0)
William Phelen. 2015. In place of inter-state retaliation: The European Union’s rejection of WTO-style trade sanctions (Oxford: Oxford University Press) (2015) (0)
International Court Authority in Question: Introduction to Part III (2018) (0)
Contracting v. Multilateralism in Global Economic Governance (2021) (0)
World History and the Evolving International Judiciary (2012) (0)
Conclusion (2018) (0)
From Washington Consensus to Regional Crisis (2018) (0)
The Future of International Law (2017) (0)
Has Putin broken international law?: CNN (2014) (0)
CHAPTER 8. International Constitutional Review (2014) (0)
Dispute settlement systems and courts (2016) (0)
Bibliography of Cited Works (2014) (0)
Too Much Power for the Judges (2012) (0)
International Court Authority (Introduction) (2017) (0)
The Transformation of the European Legal System and the Rule of Law in Europe (2003) (0)
The Andean Tribunal of Justice (2018) (0)
French Judicial Acceptance of European Law Supremacy (2003) (0)
CHAPTER 3. The New International Courts (2014) (0)
Illustrations: A user's guide (2014) (0)
Contributors (2010) (0)
Review of The Many Faces of Differentiation in EU Law, Bruno De Witte, Dominik Hanf and Ellen Vos eds Intersentia Press, 2001: European Union Studies Association Review (2002) (0)
Review of The Sword and the Sheild: The United States and International Courts and Tribunals, Cesare P.R. Romano ed.: Perspective on Politics (2011) (0)
Conclusion: Context, Authority, Power (2018) (0)
International Courts Are Not Agents! The Perils of the Principal-Agent Approach to Thinking About the Independence of International Courts (2005) (0)
The promise and perils of theorizing international regime complexity in an evolving world (2022) (0)
Judicialization of international relations: International Encyclopedia of Political Science (2011) (0)
How Corporations Gained Impunity under International Law (2022) (0)
Winning Political Support: Why Did National Governments Accept a Judicial Revolution That Transferred Away National Sovereignty? (2003) (0)
The Contested Authority and Legitimacy of International Law: The State Strikes Back (2018) (0)
The Future of Embedded International Law: Democratic and Authoritarian Trajectories (2022) (0)
Visions of international law: An interdisciplinary retrospective (2020) (0)
APSR EXTERNAL REVIEWERS, 2013–2014 (2014) (0)
CHAPTER 5. International Dispute Settlement (2014) (0)
The european court of justice and european law: National Politics, European Integration, and European Security (2004) (0)
The Sword and the Scales: The United States and International Courts and Tribunals. Edited by Cesare P. R. Romano. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. 492p. $108.00 cloth, $36.99 paper. (2011) (0)
Trading Voices: The European Union in International Commercial Negotiations (2006) (0)
Critical junctures and the future of international courts in a post-liberal world order (2019) (0)
CHAPTER 4. World History and the Evolving International Judiciary (2014) (0)
Review of Trading voices: The European Union in International Commercial Negotiations, Sophie Meunier, Princeton University Press: Perspective on Politics (2006) (0)
Backlash Against International Courts in West, East, and Southern Africa (2020) (0)
German high court challenges the european central bank pledge to defend the euro: Global Post (2014) (0)
CHAPTER 7. International Law Enforcement (2014) (0)
Review of Eurolegalism: The Transformation of Law and Regulation in the European Union, Daniel R. Kelemen, Harvard University Press: Common Market Law Review (2012) (0)
Introduction to the Symposium on Sara McLaughlin Mitchell & Andrew P. Owsiak, “Judicialization of the Sea: Bargaining in the Shadow of UNCLOS” (2021) (0)
Erratum to: William Phelan. 2015. In place of inter-state retaliation: The European Union’s rejection of WTO-style trade sanctions (Oxford: Oxford University Press) (2016) (0)
Altering politics: International courts and the construction of international and domestic politics (2014) (0)
German Judicial Acceptance of European Law Supremacy (2003) (0)
NON-LEGAL SANCTIONS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW (2015) (0)
Designing International Legal Mechanisms to Help Enforce Trade Agreements (2008) (0)
Case Study Index (2014) (0)
CHAPTER 2. International Courts Altering Politics (2014) (0)
Erratum to: William Phelan. 2015. In place of inter-state retaliation: The European Union’s rejection of WTO-style trade sanctions (Oxford: Oxford University Press) (2016) (0)
T he E vo lu tion of Inter nat ion a l Law and C our t s (2015) (0)

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