The rule of law or the rule of politics? Harmonizing the internal and external views of supreme court decision making

Law and Social Inquiry

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-135

  Feldman, Stephen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1086/430362     Document Type: Review

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