Nicholas Stephanopouloshttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/Recent content on Nicholas StephanopoulosHugo -- 0.159.1enThu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000Districting and Competitionhttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/districting-and-competition/Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/districting-and-competition/174 University of Pennsylvania Law Review (forthcoming 2026).Redistricting Without Tradeoffshttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/redistricting-without-tradeoffs/Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/redistricting-without-tradeoffs/125 Columbia Law Review (forthcoming 2026).Aligning Constitutional Lawhttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/aligning-constitutional-law/Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/aligning-constitutional-law/86 Ohio State Law Journal (forthcoming 2025).Campaign Finance and 'Real' Corruptionhttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/campaign-finance-real-corruption/Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/campaign-finance-real-corruption/Book chapter (forthcoming 2025).Election Law for the New Electoratehttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/election-law-new-electorate/Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/election-law-new-electorate/17 Journal of Legal Analysis 42 (2025).Give Young Adults the Votehttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/give-young-adults-the-vote/Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/give-young-adults-the-vote/100 Notre Dame Law Review 1299 (2025).Ranked-List Proportional Representationhttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/ranked-list-proportional-representation/Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/ranked-list-proportional-representation/2025 Wisconsin Law Review 561.Aligning Election Lawhttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/books/aligning-election-law/Thu, 03 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/books/aligning-election-law/Oxford University Press, 2024. Advances an alignment theory of democracy law: the argument that governmental outputs should align with popular preferences.Locationhttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/location/Wed, 08 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/location/Office and mailing address for Nicholas Stephanopoulos at Harvard Law School.Office Hourshttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/officehours/Wed, 08 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/officehours/Office hours for Nicholas Stephanopoulos at Harvard Law School.Finding Condorcethttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/finding-condorcet/Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/finding-condorcet/81 Washington and Lee Law Review 981 (2024).Partisan Gerrymanderinghttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/partisan-gerrymandering-oxford-handbook/Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/partisan-gerrymandering-oxford-handbook/In The Oxford Handbook of American Election Law (2024).Non-Retrogression Without Lawhttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/non-retrogression-without-law/Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/non-retrogression-without-law/2023 University of Chicago Legal Forum 267.Voting Rights Federalismhttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/voting-rights-federalism/Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/voting-rights-federalism/72 Emory Law Journal 299 (2023).Election Law: Cases and Materials (7th ed.)https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/books/election-law-casebook/Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/books/election-law-casebook/Carolina Academic Press, 2022. The leading election law casebook, covering redistricting, campaign finance, voting restrictions, and the Voting Rights Act through 2021.Your Inner Hedgehoghttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/papers/paper3/Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/papers/paper3/This paper describes the inner hedgehog, a psychological condition widespread in academia. Published in the Journal of Socio-Experimental Psychology, 2021.Democracy's Denominatorhttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/democracys-denominator/Fri, 01 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/democracys-denominator/109 California Law Review 1011 (2021). With Jowei Chen.Depoliticizing Redistrictinghttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/depoliticizing-redistricting/Fri, 01 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/depoliticizing-redistricting/Book chapter (2021).The New Pro-Majoritarian Powershttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/new-pro-majoritarian-powers/Fri, 01 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/new-pro-majoritarian-powers/109 California Law Review 2357 (2021).The New Vote Dilutionhttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/new-vote-dilution/Fri, 01 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/new-vote-dilution/96 New York University Law Review 1179 (2021).The Race-Blind Future of Voting Rightshttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/race-blind-future-voting-rights/Fri, 01 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/race-blind-future-voting-rights/130 Yale Law Journal 862 (2021). With Jowei Chen.The Sweep of the Electoral Powerhttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/sweep-of-the-electoral-power/Fri, 01 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/sweep-of-the-electoral-power/36 Constitutional Commentary 1 (2021).Election Litigation in the Time of the Pandemichttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/election-litigation-pandemic/Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/election-litigation-pandemic/87 University of Chicago Law Review Online (2020).Quasi Campaign Financehttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/quasi-campaign-finance/Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/quasi-campaign-finance/70 Duke Law Journal 333 (2020).The Impact of Partisan Gerrymandering on Political Partieshttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/impact-partisan-gerrymandering-political-parties/Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/impact-partisan-gerrymandering-political-parties/45 Legislative Studies Quarterly 609 (2020).Disparate Impact, Unified Lawhttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/disparate-impact-unified-law/Tue, 01 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/disparate-impact-unified-law/128 Yale Law Journal 1566 (2019). Winner of the AALS Distinguished Scholarship in Election Law prize.The Anti-Carolene Courthttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/anti-carolene-court/Tue, 01 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/anti-carolene-court/2019 Supreme Court Review 111.The Dance of Partisanship and Districtinghttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/dance-of-partisanship-and-districting/Tue, 01 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/dance-of-partisanship-and-districting/13 Harvard Law and Policy Review 507 (2019).Accountability Claims in Constitutional Lawhttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/accountability-claims/Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/accountability-claims/112 Northwestern University Law Review 989 (2018).The Causes and Consequences of Gerrymanderinghttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/causes-consequences-gerrymandering/Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/causes-consequences-gerrymandering/59 William and Mary Law Review 2115 (2018).The Measure of a Metric: The Debate Over Quantifying Partisan Gerrymanderinghttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/measure-of-a-metric/Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/measure-of-a-metric/70 Stanford Law Review 1503 (2018). With Eric M. McGhee.Lessons from Litigating for Reformhttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/lessons-from-litigating-for-reform/Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/lessons-from-litigating-for-reform/16 Election Law Journal 230 (2017).Quadratic Election Lawhttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/quadratic-election-law/Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/quadratic-election-law/172 Public Choice 265 (2017).The Concepts of Lawhttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/concepts-of-law/Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/concepts-of-law/84 University of Chicago Law Review 147 (2017).The Relegation of Polarizationhttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/relegation-of-polarization/Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/relegation-of-polarization/83 University of Chicago Law Review Online 160 (2017).Civil Rights in a Desegregating Americahttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/civil-rights-desegregating-america/Fri, 01 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/civil-rights-desegregating-america/83 University of Chicago Law Review 1329 (2016).Liable Lieshttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/liable-lies/Fri, 01 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/liable-lies/8 Constitutional Court Review 1 (2016).Race, Place, and Powerhttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/race-place-and-power/Fri, 01 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/race-place-and-power/68 Stanford Law Review 1323 (2016).The Contours of Constitutional Approvalhttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/contours-of-constitutional-approval/Fri, 01 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/contours-of-constitutional-approval/94 Washington University Law Review 113 (2016).Aligning Campaign Finance Lawhttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/aligning-campaign-finance-law/Thu, 01 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/aligning-campaign-finance-law/101 Virginia Law Review 1425 (2015).Arizona and Anti-Reformhttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/arizona-and-anti-reform/Thu, 01 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/arizona-and-anti-reform/2015 University of Chicago Legal Forum 477.Partisan Gerrymandering and the Efficiency Gaphttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/partisan-gerrymandering-efficiency-gap/Thu, 01 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/partisan-gerrymandering-efficiency-gap/82 University of Chicago Law Review 831 (2015). With Eric M. McGhee.Political Powerlessnesshttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/political-powerlessness/Thu, 01 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/political-powerlessness/90 New York University Law Review 1527 (2015).The Realities of Electoral Reformhttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/realities-of-electoral-reform/Thu, 01 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/realities-of-electoral-reform/68 Vanderbilt Law Review 761 (2015). With Eric M. McGhee and Steven Rogers.Elections and Alignmenthttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/elections-and-alignment/Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/elections-and-alignment/114 Columbia Law Review 283 (2014).Teaching Election Lawhttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/teaching-election-law/Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/teaching-election-law/13 Election Law Journal 447 (2014).List of Irregular Verbs Across Romance Languageshttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/data/data1/Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/data/data1/This dataset contains all irregular verbs in known Romance languages.Unusual Uses For Olive Oilhttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/papers/paper1/Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/papers/paper1/This paper reviews unusual uses for olive oil throughout the Mediterranean world. Published in the Journal of Oleic Science, 2013.Our Electoral Exceptionalismhttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/our-electoral-exceptionalism/Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/our-electoral-exceptionalism/80 University of Chicago Law Review 769 (2013).The Consequences of Consequentialist Criteriahttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/consequences-of-consequentialist-criteria/Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/consequences-of-consequentialist-criteria/3 UC Irvine Law Review 669 (2013).The South After Shelby Countyhttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/south-after-shelby-county/Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/south-after-shelby-county/2013 Supreme Court Review 55.Communities and the California Commissionhttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/communities-california-commission/Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/communities-california-commission/23 Stanford Law and Policy Review 281 (2012).Forecasting the Flashpointshttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/forecasting-the-flashpoints/Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/forecasting-the-flashpoints/125 Harvard Law Review Forum 246 (2012).Redistricting and the Territorial Communityhttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/redistricting-territorial-community/Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/redistricting-territorial-community/160 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 1379 (2012).Spatial Diversityhttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/spatial-diversity/Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/spatial-diversity/125 Harvard Law Review 1903 (2012).Reforming Redistricting: Why Popular Initiatives to Establish Redistricting Commissions Succeed or Failhttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/reforming-redistricting/Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/reforming-redistricting/23 Journal of Law and Politics 331 (2007). Also published as an American Constitution Society Issue Brief.Israel's Legal Obligations to Gaza After the Pullouthttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/israel-legal-obligations-gaza/Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/israel-legal-obligations-gaza/31 Yale Journal of International Law 524 (2006).Solving the Due Process Problem with Military Commissionshttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/solving-due-process-military-commissions/Sat, 01 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/solving-due-process-military-commissions/114 Yale Law Journal 921 (2005).Stand by Your First Amendment Valueshttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/stand-by-your-first-amendment-values/Sat, 01 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/stand-by-your-first-amendment-values/23 Yale Law and Policy Review 369 (2005).The Case for the Legislative Overridehttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/case-for-legislative-override/Sat, 01 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/journal-articles/case-for-legislative-override/10 UCLA Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs 250 (2005). Winner of Yale Law School's Jewell Prize.The Finer Points of Sausage Dogshttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/papers/paper2/Tue, 28 Dec 2004 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/papers/paper2/This paper studies the pulmonary efficiency of sausage dogs. Published in the Journal of Canine Science, 2004.Book Review: Distant Proximitieshttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/book-review-distant-proximities/Thu, 01 Jan 2004 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/book-review-distant-proximities/29 Yale Journal of International Law 266 (2004).Book Review: Terrorism, Freedom, and Securityhttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/book-review-terrorism-freedom-security/Thu, 01 Jan 2004 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/articles/shorter-works/book-review-terrorism-freedom-security/29 Yale Journal of International Law 583 (2004).Lectures at the Villa of Reduced Circumstanceshttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/courses/course1/Mon, 10 Mar 2003 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/courses/course1/This graduate course presents classical results in Romance philology.Profanity in Early Irishhttps://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/courses/course2/Sat, 16 Jun 1990 00:00:00 +0000https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/courses/course2/This undergraduate course discusses profanity in Early Irish.