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Overview

Lawrence Baum is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within the social sciences, with a particular focus on law and political science. The main fields of study for Baum include Social Sciences and Economics, Econometrics and Finance, with significant contributions in the subfields of Law, Political Science and International Relations, and Economics and Econometrics.

Their work primarily addresses topics related to Judicial and Constitutional Studies, American Constitutional Law and Politics, and Comparative and International Law Studies. Additional areas of interest include Criminal Law and Evidence, Legal and Constitutional Studies, Legal Systems and Judicial Processes, and Legal Education and Practice Innovations.

Lawrence Baum has contributed papers to the SSRN Electronic Journal. A notable recent paper is "Does Textualism Constrain Supreme Court Judges?", published in 2025 in this journal.

Coauthor collaborations have involved several researchers with whom Baum has published multiple times. Frequent coauthors include Neal Devins, with six joint publications, David J. Klein, with one, and James J. Brudney, with one joint publication as well.

In addition to articles, Baum has authored book publications, with at least one book published by Oxford University Press. The book titled "The Company They Keep" was published in 2020 and has been cited once.

  • Papers published in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Notable recent paper: "Does Textualism Constrain Supreme Court Judges?" (2025)

  • Neal Devins (6 publications)
  • David J. Klein (1 publication)
  • James J. Brudney (1 publication)

  • Judicial and Constitutional Studies
  • American Constitutional Law and Politics
  • Comparative and International Law Studies
  • Criminal Law and Evidence
  • Legal and Constitutional Studies
  • Legal Systems and Judicial Processes
  • Legal Education and Practice Innovations

  • Social Sciences
  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance

  • Law
  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Economics and Econometrics

Best Publications

  • Judges and Their Audiences: A Perspective on Judicial Behavior

    Lawrence Baum

  • The puzzle of judicial behavior

    Lawrence Baum

  • The Puzzle of Judicial Behavior

    Unknown

  • Patterns of Adoption of Tort Law Innovations: An Application of Diffusion Theory to Judicial Doctrines

    Bradley C. Canon;Lawrence Baum

  • Ballot Information and Voting Decisions in Judicial Elections

    David Klein;Lawrence Baum

  • Why the Supreme Court Cares About Elites, Not the American People

    Lawrence Baum;Neal Devins

  • PATTERNS AND SOURCES OF TICKET SPLITTING IN SUBPRESIDENTIAL VOTING

    Paul Allen Beck;Lawrence Baum;Aage R. Clausen;Charles E. Smith

  • "New-Style" Judicial Campaigns and the Voters: Economic Issues and Union Members in Ohio

    Marie Hojnacki;Lawrence Baum

  • Measuring Policy Change in the U.S. Supreme Court

    Lawrence Baum

  • Split Definitive: How Party Polarization Turned the Supreme Court into a Partisan Court

    Neal Devins;Lawrence Baum

  • Membership Change and Collective Voting Change in the United States Supreme Court

    Lawrence Baum

  • Inviting Congressional Action: A Study of Supreme Court Motivations in Statutory Interpretation

    Lori Hausegger;Lawrence Baum

  • Judges and their audiences

    Lawrence Baum

  • What Judges Want: Judges' Goals and Judicial Behavior:

    Lawrence Baum

  • Policy Goals in Judicial Gatekeeping: A Proximity Model of Discretionary Jurisdiction

    Lawrence Baum

  • Explaining the Vote in Judicial Elections: the 1984 Ohio Supreme Court Elections

    Lawrence Baum

  • American Courts: Process and Policy

    Lawrence Baum

  • Supreme Court Authority in the Judiciary A Study of Remands

    Richard L. Pacelle;Lawrence Baum

  • Judicial Specialization, Litigant Influence, and Substantive Policy: The Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

    Lawrence Baum

  • Judicial Elections and Judicial Independence: The Voter's Perspective

    Lawrence Baum

  • Responses of Federal District Judges to Court of Appeals Policies: An Exploration

    Lawrence Baum

  • The Company They Keep: How Partisan Divisions Came to the Supreme Court

    Lawrence Baum;Neal Devins

  • Specializing the Courts

    Lawrence Baum

  • Implementation of Judicial Decisions

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Austin Sarat
Austin Sarat Amherst College

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