Explaining the overruling of U.S. Supreme Court precedent

Journal of Politics

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1091-1111

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 0035540320     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0022-3816.00102     Document Type: Article

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