2026 Austin Sarat: Law Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Law	51	48	42	41	36	354	9592
Political Science	51	222	197	132	112	346	9563

Overview

Austin Sarat is affiliated with Amherst College in the United States and specializes in social sciences, with a focus on sociology, political science, and law. Their research primarily investigates areas related to ethics, criminal justice, constitutional law, and forensic psychiatry.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

Social Sciences

Within these fields, they have contributed significantly to several subfields:

Sociology and Political Science
Political Science and International Relations
Law
Clinical Psychology

Major research topics addressed by Austin Sarat encompass:

Torture, Ethics, and Law
Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
Criminal Law and Evidence
American Constitutional Law and Politics
Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
Law, Rights, and Freedoms
Political Theory and Influence

The scientist has authored multiple papers, including the following recent publications:

A Dark Shadow: The Intensification and Expansion of Lethal Injection Drug Secrecy (2023, British Journal of American Legal Studies)
Innocence is Not Enough: The Public Life of Death Row Exonerations (2020, British Journal of American Legal Studies)
The Fate of Lethal Injection: Decomposition of the Paradigm and Its Consequences (2021, SSRN Electronic Journal)
The Fate of Lethal Injection: Decomposition of the Paradigm and Its Consequences (2022, British Journal of American Legal Studies)

Austin Sarat frequently collaborates with other researchers. Prominent coauthors associated with their work include:

Martha Merrill Umphrey
Lawrence Douglas
Charles J. Ogletree
Mattea Denney
Nicolas Graber-Mitchell

The scientist's research appears regularly in notable academic venues such as:

Law Culture and the Humanities
British Journal of American Legal Studies
SSRN Electronic Journal
New York University Press eBooks
Journal of Politics and Law

In addition to journal articles, Austin Sarat has published several books with university presses. Selected book publications include:

From Lynch Mobs to the Killing State (New York University Press, 2022)
When Law Fails (New York University Press, 2020)
Gruesome Spectacles (Stanford University Press, 2020)
Lethal Injection and the False Promise of Humane Execution (Stanford University Press, 2022)
Subjects of Responsibility (Fordham University Press, 2022)

Best Publications

The Emergence and Transformation of Disputes: Naming, Blaming, Claiming …

William L.F. Felstiner;Richard L. Abel;Austin Sarat

1141
Citations
".. The Law Is All Over": Power, Resistance and the Legal Consciousness of the Welfare Poor

Austin Sarat

406
Citations
Grievances, Claims, and Disputes: Assessing the Adversary Culture

Richard E. Miller;Austin Sarat

397
Citations
Law in Everyday Life

Austin Sarat;Thomas R. Kearns

263
Citations
When the state kills : capital punishment and the American condition

Austin Sarat

252
Citations
Studying American Legal Culture: An Assessment of Survey Evidence

Austin Sarat

233
Citations
Cause Lawyering: Political Commitments and Professional Responsibilities

Jennifer L. Pierce;Austin Sarat;Stuart Scheingold

207
Citations
Narrative, violence, and the law : the essays of Robert Cover

Robert M. Cover;Martha Minow;Michael Ryan;Austin Sarat

189
Citations
The Pull of the Policy Audience

Austin Sarat;Susan Silbey

187
Citations
LAW AND STRATEGY IN THE DIVORCE LAWYER'S OFFICE

Austin Sarat;William L. F. Felstiner

167
Citations
Public Opinion, the Death Penalty, and the Eighth Amendment: Testing the Marshall Hypothesis

Neil Vidmar;Austin Sarat

159
Citations
Something to Believe In: Politics, Professionalism, and Cause Lawyering

Austin Sarat;Stuart A. Scheingold

149
Citations
Cause Lawyering and the State in a Global Era

Austin Sarat;Stuart A. Scheingold

144
Citations
Divorce Lawyers and Their Clients: Power and Meaning in the Legal Process

Austin Sarat;William L. F. Felstiner

144
Citations
Cause lawyers and social movements

Austin Sarat;Stuart A. Scheingold

136
Citations
The Costs of Ordinary Litigation

David M. Trubek;Austin Sarat;William L. F. Felstiner;Herbert M. Kritzer

130
Citations
Law in the Domains of Culture

Austin Sarat;Thomas R. Kearns

126
Citations
Integrating law and social epidemiology.

Scott Burris;Ichiro Kawachi;Austin Sarat

126
Citations
Critical Traditions in Law and Society Research

Susan S. Silbey;Austin Sarat

119
Citations
Folk Knowledge as Legal Action: Death Penalty Judgments and the Tenet of Early Release in a Culture of Mistrust and Punitiveness

Benjamin D. Steiner;William J. Bowers;Austin Sarat

117
Citations
LAW AND SOCIAL RELATIONS: VOCABULARIES OF MOTIVE IN LAWYER/CLIENT INTERACTION

Austin Sarat;William L. F. Felstiner

110
Citations
The Killing State: Capital Punishment in Law, Politics, and Culture

Austin Sarat

101
Citations
Alternatives in Dispute Processing: Litigation in a Small Claims Court

Austin Sarat

97
Citations
The Blackwell Companion To Law And Society

Austin Sarat

93
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan S. Silbey MIT

Bryant G. Garth University of California, Irvine

Herbert M. Kritzer University of Minnesota

David M. Trubek University of Wisconsin–Madison

Malcolm M Feeley University of California, Berkeley

Scott Burris Temple University

Robert A. Kagan University of California, Berkeley

John Hagan American Bar Foundation

Yves Dezalay Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

Leonard C. Feldman Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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