Informative precedent and intrajudicial communication

American Political Science Review

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 755-766

  De Mesquita, Ethan Bueno ^a   Stephenson, Matthew ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 0036955581     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055402000436     Document Type: Review

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