Judicial behavior after a change of regime: The effects of judge and defendant characteristics

Law and Society Review

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 711-736

  Annus, Taavi ^a   Tavits, Margit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b NONE

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EID: 10844270397     PISSN: 00239216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0023-9216.2004.00064.x     Document Type: Review

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