The choices judges make court rulings, personal values, and legal constraints

Journal of Theoretical Politics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 305-323

  Van Hees, Martin ^a   Steunenberg, Bernard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Court decision making; Euthanasia; Game theory; Judicial behavior; Public policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034401187     PISSN: 09516298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0951692800012003003     Document Type: Article

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