The University of Texas at Austin has launched the Center for Law and Democracy, an initiative dedicated to supporting research, teaching and publishing at the intersection of public law and political science. The center tackles this need by bridging disciplines and critically examining these pressing challenges for democracy.”The center’s core objectives are to:Deepen interdisciplinary work at the intersection of law and democracy. The center will be home to long-standing and new research on constitutional and comparative law, constitutional theory, and democratic institutions and processes. The center supports the college’s minor in law, justice and society as well as courses, student research, democracy internships abroad and education abroad programs focused on law and democracy in nearly every region of the world. “UT is recognized as one of the best places in the world to study public law and comparative law, from various theoretical and methodological approaches,” said Zachary Elkins, center co-director and government professor.