Lanny W. Martin is Associate Professor of Political Science at Rice University. His work has appeared in journals such as the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Legislative Studies Quarterly, and the British Journal of Political Science . Georg Vanberg is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. His work has appeared in journals such as the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics , and the British Journal of Political Science . He is the author of The Politics of Constitutional Review in Germany .