Books
Leslie Johns (2022) Politics and International Law: Making, Breaking, and Upholding Global Rules. Cambridge University Press.
Leslie Johns (2015) Strengthening International Courts: The Hidden Costs of Legalization. University of Michigan Press.
ARTICLES
Natalie Bryce, Leslie Johns, and Máximo Langer (forthcoming) "Living with Impunity Versus Living in Fear: Universal Jurisdiction Defendants, Due Process, and the Use of Democracies by Autocracies to Prosecute Their Opponents" Leiden Journal of International Law xx: xx--xx.
Leslie Johns and Francesca Parente (2024) "The Politics of Punishment: Why Dictators Join the International Criminal Court" International Studies Quarterly 68: 1-15.
Leslie Johns, Máximo Langer, and Margaret E. Peters (2022) "Migration and the Demand for Transnational Justice" American Political Science Review 116: 1184-1207.
Leslie Johns and Rachel Wellhausen (2021) "The Price of Doing Business: Why Replaceable Foreign Firms Get Worse Government Treatment" Economics & Politics 33: 209-243.
Leslie Johns, Calvin Thrall, and Rachel Wellhausen (2020) "Judicial Economy and Moving Bars in International Investment Arbitration" Review of International Organizations 15: 923-945.
Leslie Johns (2019) "The Design of Enforcement: Collective Action and the Enforcement of International Law" Journal of Theoretical Politics 31: 543-567.
Leslie Johns and Frank Wyer (2019) "When Things Fall Apart: The Impact of Global Governance on Civil Conflicts" Journal of Politics 81: e80-e84.
Leslie Johns, Krzysztof Pelc, and Rachel Wellhausen (2019) "How a Retreat from Global Economic Governance May Empower Business Interests" Journal of Politics 81: 731-738.
Leslie Johns (2019) "International Law's Empire" Journal of Politics 81: e23-e26.
Leslie Johns and Krzysztof J. Pelc (2018) "Free-Riding on Enforcement in the World Trade Organization" Journal of Politics 80: 873-889.
Leslie Johns and Rachel Wellhausen (2016) "Under One Roof: Supply Chains and the Protection of Foreign Investment" American Political Science Review 110: 31-51.
Leslie Johns and Krzysztof J. Pelc (2016) "Fear of Crowds in World Trade Organization Disputes: Why Don't More Countries Participate?" Journal of Politics 78: 88-104.
Leslie Johns and Krzysztof J. Pelc (2014) "Who Gets to Be In the Room? Manipulating Participation in WTO Disputes" International Organization 68: 663-699.
Leslie Johns (2014) "Depth versus Rigidity in the Design of International Trade Agreements" Journal of Theoretical Politics 26: 468-495.
Leslie Johns (2012) "Courts as Coordinators: Endogenous Enforcement and Jurisdiction in International Adjudication" Journal of Conflict Resolution 56: 257-289.
Michael Gilligan and Leslie Johns (2012) "Formal Models of International Institutions" Annual Review of Political Science 15: 221-243.
Michael Gilligan, Leslie Johns, and B. Peter Rosendorff (2010) "Strengthening International Courts and the Early Settlement of Disputes" Journal of Conflict Resolution 54: 5-38.
Leslie Johns (2007) "A Servant of Two Masters: Communication and the Selection of International Bureaucrats" International Organization 61: 245-275.
Leslie Johns (2006) "Knowing the Unknown: Executive Evaluation and International Crisis Outcomes" Journal of Conflict Resolution 50: 228-252.
Leslie Johns and Francesca Parente (2024) "The Politics of Punishment: Why Dictators Join the International Criminal Court" International Studies Quarterly 68: 1-15.
- Received the 2025 Best Article Prize, Honorable Mention from the International Law and Social Science interest group of the American Society of International Law.
Leslie Johns, Máximo Langer, and Margaret E. Peters (2022) "Migration and the Demand for Transnational Justice" American Political Science Review 116: 1184-1207.
Leslie Johns and Rachel Wellhausen (2021) "The Price of Doing Business: Why Replaceable Foreign Firms Get Worse Government Treatment" Economics & Politics 33: 209-243.
Leslie Johns, Calvin Thrall, and Rachel Wellhausen (2020) "Judicial Economy and Moving Bars in International Investment Arbitration" Review of International Organizations 15: 923-945.
Leslie Johns (2019) "The Design of Enforcement: Collective Action and the Enforcement of International Law" Journal of Theoretical Politics 31: 543-567.
Leslie Johns and Frank Wyer (2019) "When Things Fall Apart: The Impact of Global Governance on Civil Conflicts" Journal of Politics 81: e80-e84.
Leslie Johns, Krzysztof Pelc, and Rachel Wellhausen (2019) "How a Retreat from Global Economic Governance May Empower Business Interests" Journal of Politics 81: 731-738.
Leslie Johns (2019) "International Law's Empire" Journal of Politics 81: e23-e26.
Leslie Johns and Krzysztof J. Pelc (2018) "Free-Riding on Enforcement in the World Trade Organization" Journal of Politics 80: 873-889.
Leslie Johns and Rachel Wellhausen (2016) "Under One Roof: Supply Chains and the Protection of Foreign Investment" American Political Science Review 110: 31-51.
- Received the 2017 Michael Wallerstein Award from the American Political Science Association for the best political economy article published in 2016.
- Named the Best Paper in International Relations by the Midwest Political Science Association in 2014.
Leslie Johns and Krzysztof J. Pelc (2016) "Fear of Crowds in World Trade Organization Disputes: Why Don't More Countries Participate?" Journal of Politics 78: 88-104.
Leslie Johns and Krzysztof J. Pelc (2014) "Who Gets to Be In the Room? Manipulating Participation in WTO Disputes" International Organization 68: 663-699.
Leslie Johns (2014) "Depth versus Rigidity in the Design of International Trade Agreements" Journal of Theoretical Politics 26: 468-495.
Leslie Johns (2012) "Courts as Coordinators: Endogenous Enforcement and Jurisdiction in International Adjudication" Journal of Conflict Resolution 56: 257-289.
Michael Gilligan and Leslie Johns (2012) "Formal Models of International Institutions" Annual Review of Political Science 15: 221-243.
Michael Gilligan, Leslie Johns, and B. Peter Rosendorff (2010) "Strengthening International Courts and the Early Settlement of Disputes" Journal of Conflict Resolution 54: 5-38.
Leslie Johns (2007) "A Servant of Two Masters: Communication and the Selection of International Bureaucrats" International Organization 61: 245-275.
Leslie Johns (2006) "Knowing the Unknown: Executive Evaluation and International Crisis Outcomes" Journal of Conflict Resolution 50: 228-252.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Leslie Johns (2025) "Formal Models of International Political Economy" In Oxford Handbook of International Political Economy, Jon Pevehouse and Leonard Seabrook, ed. Oxford University Press. pp. 129–144.
Leslie Johns, Máximo Langer, and Margaret E. Peters (2024) "Migration and the Demand for Transnational Justice" In International Criminal Law before Domestic Courts, Michael Lysander Fremuth, ed. MANZ’sche Verlags- und Universitätsbuchhandlung. pp. 91-125. [reprint]
Leslie Johns (2018) "The Diverging Theory and Practice of International Law" In Oxford Encyclopedia of Empirical International Relations Theory, William R. Thompson, ed. Oxford University Press. pp. 513-535.
Leslie Johns and Lauren Peritz (2015) "The Design of Trade Agreements" In Oxford Handbook of the Politics of International Trade, Lisa Martin, ed. Oxford University Press. pp. 337-359.
Leslie Johns and B. Peter Rosendorff (2009) "Dispute Settlement, Compliance and Domestic Politics" In Trade Disputes and the Dispute Settlement Understanding of the WTO: An Interdisciplinary Assessment, James C. Hartigan, ed. Emerald Group Publishing. pp. 139-163.
- Included in Oxford Handbooks Online. Online Publication Date: December 2021
Leslie Johns, Máximo Langer, and Margaret E. Peters (2024) "Migration and the Demand for Transnational Justice" In International Criminal Law before Domestic Courts, Michael Lysander Fremuth, ed. MANZ’sche Verlags- und Universitätsbuchhandlung. pp. 91-125. [reprint]
Leslie Johns (2018) "The Diverging Theory and Practice of International Law" In Oxford Encyclopedia of Empirical International Relations Theory, William R. Thompson, ed. Oxford University Press. pp. 513-535.
- Included in the online Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Online Publication Date: May 2017
Leslie Johns and Lauren Peritz (2015) "The Design of Trade Agreements" In Oxford Handbook of the Politics of International Trade, Lisa Martin, ed. Oxford University Press. pp. 337-359.
Leslie Johns and B. Peter Rosendorff (2009) "Dispute Settlement, Compliance and Domestic Politics" In Trade Disputes and the Dispute Settlement Understanding of the WTO: An Interdisciplinary Assessment, James C. Hartigan, ed. Emerald Group Publishing. pp. 139-163.