Reasoning on the threshold: Testing the separability of preferences in legal decision making

Journal of Politics

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 308-321

  Braman, Eileen ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33646340200     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2508.2006.00408.x     Document Type: Review

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