1. Separation of powers: new perspectives and empirical findings—introduction

   • Eli Salzberger
   • Stefan Voigt

   INTRODUCTION TO SYMPOSIUM 23 January 2009 Pages: 197 - 201

2. Are semi-presidential constitutions bad for democratic performance?

   • José Antonio Cheibub
   • Svitlana Chernykh

   Original Paper 18 December 2008 Pages: 202 - 229

   

3. The time-varying independence of Italian peak judicial institutions

   • Fabio Padovano

   Original Paper 20 January 2009 Pages: 230 - 250

   

4. Some thoughts about referendums, representative democracy, and separation of powers

   • Simon Hug

   Original Paper 25 November 2008 Pages: 251 - 266

5. Independent agencies: more than a cheap copy of independent central banks?

   • Marc Quintyn

   Original Paper 06 December 2008 Pages: 267 - 295

   

6. Independent electoral management bodies and international election observer missions: any impact on the observed level of democracy? A conceptual framework

   • Anne van Aaken

   Original Paper 13 January 2009 Pages: 296 - 322

   

7. International delegation and state disaggregation

   • Tom Ginsburg

   Original Paper 19 January 2009 Pages: 323 - 340

8. Why risk popular ratification failure? A comparative analysis of the choice of the ratification instrument in the 25 Member States of the EU

   • Daniel Finke
   • Thomas König

   Original Paper 22 January 2009 Pages: 341 - 365

   

9. Toward global checks and balances

   • Eyal Benvenisti
   • George W. Downs

   Original Paper 31 January 2009 Pages: 366 - 387