Order in the courts: A neo-institutional approach to judicial consensus

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1989, Pages 391-407

  Hall, Melinda Gann ^a   Brace, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001530287     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106591298904200311     Document Type: Article

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