Judicial behavior and public opinion: Popular expectations regarding the factors that influence supreme court decisions

Political Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 181-194

  Scheb II, John M ^a   Lyons, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Judicial behavior; Public opinion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035354356     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013037915485     Document Type: Article

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