Anna Law
Associate Professor
Political Science
Anna Law is the Herbert Kurz Associate Professor in Constitutional Law and Civil Liberties. Her publications that have appeared in both social science journals and law journals investigate the interaction between law, legal institutions and politics. Her first book, The Immigration Battle in American Courts (Cambridge University Press 2010), examined the role of the federal judiciary in U.S. immigration policy, and the institutional evolution of the Supreme Court and U.S. Courts of Appeals. In addition to her academic training, Law served as a program analyst at the congressional bipartisan, blue-ribbon United States Commission on Immigration Reform in the mid-1990s. She has shared her expertise with the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Department of Homeland Security and National Science Foundation.
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Education:
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin - 2003 (Government)
M.A., Brown University - 1993 (American Civilization)
B.A., Brandeis University - 1992 (Politics)
Areas of Expertise:
The interaction between law, legal institutions and politics; U.S. constitutional law and U.S. immigration law and policy.
Books and Publications
"Federal Policy Coordination Over Decentralized Policy." Debates on Immigration, Point and Counterpoint. Eds. Daniel Tichenor and Judith Gans. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: SAGE publications. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2012
Law, Anna and David Tichenor. "Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration in American Politics." The Oxford Handbook on Racial and Ethnic Politics in America. Oxford University Press. Under contract. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2012
Law, Anna and Margaret Williams. "Understanding Judicial Decision Making in Immigration at the U.S Courts of Appeals." The Justice System Journal 33.1: 97-119. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2012
"From Dissertation to Academic Publication: So Close, Yet So Far." Handbook of Research Methods in Migration. Ed. Carlos Vargas-Silva. United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2011
"How the Internal Adjudicative Procedures of the Ninth Circuit Can Disadvantage Pro Se and Political Asylum Claimants." Georgetown Immigration Law Journal 25: 647-79, Spring. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2011
The Immigration Battle in American Courts. Cambridge University Press. (Books and Publications: Book) 2010
"In Search of a Methodology and Other Tales From the Academic Crypt." Researching Migration: Stories From the Field. Eds. Sherrie Kossoudji, Louis DeSipop and Manuel Garcia y Griego. New York: Social Science Research Council. Available at: http://www.ssrc.org/publications/view/42451838-264A-DE11-AFAC-001CC477EC70/ (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2007
"The Diversity Immigration Lottery -- A Cycle of Unintended Consequences." Journal of American Ethnic History 21.4: 3-29, Summer. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2002
"Race, Ethnicity, and National Origins in Public Policy -- When Should It Matter?" Georgetown Immigration Law Journal 10: 71-76. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 1996
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