Measuring legal change: The reliability and validity of Shepard's Citations

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 327-341

  Spriggs II, James F ^a   Hansford, Thomas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0034398450     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106591290005300206     Document Type: Article

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