Lawyers and Democratic Decline (LADD) is a collaborative research project that brings together scholars studying the role of lawyers in countries experiencing democratic decline or already in the throes of authoritarianism. The evolution away from democracy towards authoritarianism is visible in virtually every corner of the world. Also becoming visible are trends in the opposite direction as resistance grows to these authoritarian efforts. Lawyers play a central role in these processes as well as in the institutions of authoritarian regimes. Their training and experience provides them with tools either to resist or facilitate the transition.
In countries undergoing transition, lawyers are engaged one way or the other, though many opt to sit on the sidelines. LADD is committed to encouraging scholarship on all lawyer roles, looking at all forms of action and inaction and at all types of lawyers from criminal defense lawyers, prosecutors, and corporate lawyers to human rights defenders. The goal is to identify factors that influence lawyers’ behavior and to map patterns of behavior that are common across geographic borders and/or political systems.
For more on the goals of the project, see this interview with LADD’s director, Professor Kathryn Hendley.
Richard Abel
Position title: Michael J. Connell Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus and Distinguished Research Professor
Email:
abel
Address:
UCLA School of Law
385 Charles E. Young Dr. East
Los Angeles, CA, 90095
Shree Agnihotri
Position title: Teaching Associate at the University of Nottingham’s School of Law
Email:
Shree.Agnihotri
Address:
Law and Social Sciences
University Park
Nottingham
NG7 2RD
UK
Atieh Babakhani
Position title: Assistant Professor of Law and Society
Email:
ababakha
Phone: 201-684-7060
Address:
505 Ramapo Valley Road
Mahwah, NJ 07430
Sofia Bordin Rolim
Position title: PhD Student at the Getulio Vargas Foundation Law School in São Paulo (FGV Direito SP)
Email:
sofia.rolim
Address:
FGV São Paulo
Rua Dr. Plínio Barreto, 365, Bela Vista
São Paulo - SP
CEP 1313-020
Leigha Crout
Position title: Associate Professor of Law
Email:
lccrout
Phone: 315-443-6562
Address:
Syracuse University College of Law
Dineen Hall, 950 Irving Avenue, Syracuse
NY 13244-6070
Scott Cummings
Position title: Robert Henigson Chair in Legal Ethics at the UCLA School of Law
Email:
cummings
Address:
UCLA School of Law
385 Charles E. Young Dr. East
Los Angeles, CA, 90095
Eve Darian-Smith
Position title: Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Global and International Studies, University of California
Email:
edarian
Address:
University of California
Irvine, CA 92697
youremail@uci.edu
(949) 824-xxxx
Fabio de Sá e Silva
Position title: Associate Professor of International Studies and Wick Cary Professor of Brazilian Studies
Email:
fabio.desaesilva
Address:
David L. Boren College of International Studies
Farzaneh Hall, Room 118
729 Elm Ave.
Norman, OK 73019
Kaja Gadowska
Position title: Professor of sociology at the Jagiellonian University
Email:
kaja.gadowska
Address:
52 Grodzka Street, 31-044 Cracow
Kathryn Hendley
Position title: Roman Z. Livshits & Theodore W. Brazeau Professor of Law and Political Science
Email:
khendley
Phone: 608-263-5135
Address:
975 Bascom Mall, 9101 Law Building, Madison, WI, USA, 53706-1399
Heba Khalil
Position title: Assistant Professor of Sociology
Email:
hkhalil
Address:
5000 Saint Paul Avenue
Lincoln, NE 68504-2794
(402) 466-2371
Ekaterina Khodzhaeva
Position title: Senior Researcher
Email:
ekatherina.khodzhaeva
Ekaterina Khodzhaeva's website
Address:
Institut d'études avancées de Nantes
5, Allée Jacques Berque
44000 Nantes
FRANCE
Jayanth Krishnan
Position title: Milt and Judi Stewart Professor of Law
Email:
jkrishna
Phone: (812) 856-0434
Address:
Baier Hall 253
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
South Indiana Avenue
Bloomington, IN 47405
Agnieszka Kubal
Position title: Associate Professor of Socio-Legal Studies
Email:
agnieszka.kubal
Address:
Green Templeton College
University of Oxford
43 Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX2 6HG
United Kingdom
Sida Liu
Position title: Professor at the University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law
Email:
liusida
Address:
10/F, Cheng Yu Tung Tower, Centennial Campus,
The University of Hong Kong
Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
Qin Ma
Position title: Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence
Email:
qinmasky
Phone: [+39] 055 4685 859
Eloísa Machado de Almeida
Position title: Professor of Law at Fundação Getúlio Vargas
Email:
eloisa.machado
Vitor Martins Dias
Position title: Assistant Professor - Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana
Email:
vmartinsdias
Address:
Department of Sociology & Criminology
Butler University
4600 Sunset Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46208
Ethan Michelson
Position title: Professor of Sociology
Email:
emichels
Phone: (812) 856-1521
Address:
INDIANA UNIVERSITY
BLOOMINGTON
Ballantine Hall 765
Bloomington, IN
47405-7000
Tamir Moustafa
Position title: Professor of International Studies at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada
Email:
tmoustafa
Address:
SFU School for International Studies
515 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, B.C.
Canada V6B 5K3
Renata Mustafina
Position title: Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Russian Politics
Email:
rm4177
Phone: 212 854-4623
Address:
12th Floor East, International Affairs Building
Harriman Institute at Columbia University
420 W 118th Street, 12th Floor, MC3345
New York, NY 10027
Raul Sanchez-Urribarri
Position title: Associate Professor, La Trobe University
Email:
R.Sanchezu
Raul Sanchez-Urribarri's website
Phone: +61 3 9479 6695
Address:
La Trobe University
Department of Social Inquiry
4th Floor Social Sciences Building
Bundoora (Melbourne), Victoria, 3086, Australia
Peter Solomon
Position title: Emeritus Professor, Political Science, Law and Criminology, University of Toronto
Email:
peter.solomon
Address:
Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
315 Bloor Street West (at the Observatory) Toronto,
Ontario, M5S 0A7 Canada
Alexei Trochev
Position title: Associate Professor at Nazarbayev University
Email:
atrochev
David Trubek
Position title: Voss-Bascom Professor of Law and Dean of International Studies Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Email:
dmtrubek
Address:
41 Eastern Parkway, Apt 12B
Brooklyn, NY 11238
Tetiana Vilchik
Position title: Associate Professor
Email:
t.b.vilchyk
Address:
St. Hryhoriia Skovoroda, 77,
Kharkiv, 61024
Oscar Vilhena Vieira
Position title: Professor at FGV São Paulo Law School
Email:
oscar.vilhena
Oscar Vilhena Vieira's website
Phone: +55 11 3799-2247
Address:
São Paulo Law School’s Head Office
365 Dr. Plínio Barreto Street – Bela Vista – Zipcode: 01313-020 – São Paulo
Ying Xia
Position title: Assistant Professor
Email:
yingxia
Phone: (852) 3917-2951
Address:
10/F, Cheng Yu Tung Tower, Centennial Campus,
The University of Hong Kong
Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
Ellen Yaroshefsky
Position title: Howard Lichtenstein Distinguished Professor of Legal Ethics
Email:
yaroshef
Phone: (516) 463-5882
Address:
Howard Lichtenstein Distinguished Professor of Legal Ethics
Maurice A. Deane School of Law
Hofstra University
121 Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY 11549
Limor Zer- Gutman
Position title: Senior Lecturer at the Striks Faculty of Law, College of Management Academic Studies (COLMAN)
Email:
zergutmanl
