The quixotic search for consensus on the U.S. Supreme Court: A cross-judicial empirical analysis of the Rehnquist Court justices

American Political Science Review

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 390-408

  Gerber, Scott D ^a   Park, Keeok ^b  

^a Florida Coastal School of Law   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE   (United States)

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EID: 0031517138     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2952363     Document Type: Article

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