Sociology has recently witnessed a rapprochement between research on organizations and
research on law. This essay reviews a number of central developments and tendencies in …

This essay critically reviews research published in the last decade that explores how
lobbyists and interest groups influence the actions of the US Congress. The research is …

Une ministre de l'Économie, ancienne avocate internationale, qui recourt à l'arbitrage privé
pour régler le différend de l'État avec Bernard Tapie; six anciens secrétaires généraux (et …

I come here today, not to bury the MacCrate Report, 1 but to criticize it, not for what it
includes, although that is part of my critique, but for what it leaves out. I also want to situate …

This is an essay on professional élites in the global business arena, especially legal élites, a
field that has only recently attracted attention. Professional élites have an impact on, as well …

In contrast to earlier research emphasizing litigation as a strategy for groups unable to
succeed in other political arenas, this article proposes that the use of litigation is more …

Much of the literature on American national policy-making suggests that an important role is
played by an" inner circle" of elite representatives of private interests. Using data drawn from …

This article reports data that contrast with an extended tradition of viewing litigation as
incompatible with ongoing relationships. Within the regulatory process at the US …

The promise of the late twentieth-century regulatory reform movement was a significantly
deregulated polity in which the regulators that remained would manage the risks of …

Who represents litigants in the Supreme Court of the United States? Kevin T. McGuire shows
that the most sophisticated of them have the advantage of representation by an elite counsel …