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Alec Stone Sweet

Alec Stone Sweet

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Political Science
China
2026
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Law and Political Science
Singapore
2022

D-Index & Metrics

Law

D-Index
43
Citations
14266
World Ranking
85
National Ranking
1

Political Science

D-Index
44
Citations
14328
World Ranking
370
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Political Science in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Political Science in China Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Political Science in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Singapore Leader Award

Overview

Alec Stone Sweet is affiliated with the University of Hong Kong in China and primarily works within the Social Sciences, with a significant focus on Political Science and International Relations. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Law, Strategy and Management, Sociology and Political Science, and Finance.

The scientist's recent scholarly output includes papers published between 2020 and 2022 across several academic journals. These publications are:

  • "Reversing delegation? Politicization, de-delegation, and non-majoritarian institutions," 2022, Governance
  • "A Conversation with Dieter Grimm," 2021, German Law Journal
  • "The law and politics of transnational rights protection: Trusteeship, effectiveness, de-delegation," 2022, Governance
  • "The Failure to Destroy the Authority of the European Court of Human Rights: 2010-2018," 2022, The Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals
  • "Human dignity and constitutional justice," 2020, Jurisprudence

The venues which frequently publish their work include the SSRN Electronic Journal, the German Law Journal, and Governance. Additional venues where publications appear include The Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals and Jurisprudence.

Key research topics addressed by Alec Stone Sweet cover diverse domains, with an emphasis on International Law and Human Rights, European and International Law Studies, European Criminal Justice and Data Protection, Judicial and Constitutional Studies, as well as International Arbitration and Investment Law. Their work also engages with Regulation and Compliance Studies and Global Financial Regulation and Crises.

Collaborative work is a notable element of their research profile, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Mads Andenas
  • Giacinto della Cananea
  • Wayne Sandholtz
  • Trevor T W Wan
  • Mark Thatcher

Best Publications

  • European Integration and Supranational Governance

    Wayne Sandholtz;Alec Stone Sweet

  • Theory and Practice of Delegation to Non-Majoritarian Institutions

    Mark Thatcher;Alec Stone Sweet

  • European integration and supranational governance

    Alec Stone Sweet;Wayne Sandholtz

  • The Judicial Construction of Europe

    Alec Stone Sweet

  • Governing with judges

    Alec Stone Sweet

  • Governing with Judges: Constitutional Politics in Europe

    Stanley Hoffmann;Alec Stone Sweet

  • The institutionalization of Europe

    Alec Stone;Wayne Sandholtz;Neil Fligstein

  • Constructing a Supranational Constitution: Dispute Resolution and Governance in the European Community

    Alec Stone Sweet;Thomas L. Brunell

  • Constructing Polities and Markets: An Institutionalist Account of European Integration

    Neil Fligstein;Alec Stone Sweet

  • Judicialization and the Construction of Governance

    Alec Stone Sweet

  • Integration, Supranational Governance, and the Institutionalization of the European Polity

    Alec Stone Sweet;Wayne Sandholtz

  • On law, politics, and judicialization

    Martin Shapiro;Alec Stone Sweet

  • From Free Trade to Supranational Polity: The European Court and Integration

    Alec Stone Sweet;James A. Caporaso

  • The European Court of Justice and the judicialization of EU governance

    Alec Stone Sweet

  • Constitutionalism, Legal Pluralism, and International Regimes

    Alec Stone Sweet

  • Proportionality Balancing and Global Constitutionalism

    Jud Mathews;Alec Stone Sweet

  • The European Court of Justice, state noncompliance, and the politics of override

    Alec Stone Sweet;Thomas Brunell

  • The Institutionalization of European Space

    Alec Stone Sweet;Neil Fligstein;Wayne Sandholtz

  • The European Court and the national courts: A statistical analysis of preliminary references, 1961-95

    Alec Stone Sweet;Thomas L. Brunell

  • Proportionality Balancing and Global Constitutionalism

    Alec Stone Sweet;Jud Mathews

  • Rules, Dispute Resolution, and Strategic Behavior

    Alec Stone Sweet

  • Institutionalizing the Treaty of Rome

    Neil Fligstein;Alec Stone Sweet

  • Theory of Constitutional Politics

    Alec Stone Sweet

  • The Politics of Delegation

    Mark Thatcher;Alec Stone Sweet

  • Law, politics, and international governance

    Alec Stone Sweet;Wayne Sandholtz

  • The Juridical Coup d'Etat and the Problem of Authority

    Alec Stone Sweet

  • The European Court of Justice, State Non-Compliance, and the Politics of Override

    Alec Stone Sweet;Thomas L. Brunell

Frequent Co-Authors

Wayne Sandholtz
Wayne Sandholtz University of Southern California
Thomas L. Brunell
Thomas L. Brunell The University of Texas at Dallas
Neil Fligstein
Neil Fligstein University of California, Berkeley
Mark Thatcher
Mark Thatcher Guido Carli Free International University for Social Studies

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