Does school finance litigation cause taxpayer revolt? Serrano and proposition 13

Law and Society Review

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 525-558

  Martin, Isaac ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33748318015     PISSN: 00239216     EISSN: 15405893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5893.2006.00272.x     Document Type: Article

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