Voluntary retirements from state supreme courts: Assessing democratic pressures to relinquish the bench

Journal of Politics

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1112-1140

  Hall, Melinda Gann ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035540319     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0022-3816.00103     Document Type: Article

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