Explaining Judicial Diversity: The Differential Ability of Women and Minorities to Attain Seats on State Supreme and Appellate Courts

State Politics and Policy Quarterly

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 329-352

  Hurwitz, Mark S ^a   Lanier, Drew Noble ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 25444478491     PISSN: 15324400     EISSN: 19461607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153244000300300401     Document Type: Article

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