The forging of judicial autonomy: Political entrepreneurship and the reforms of William Howard Taft

Journal of Politics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-87

  Crowe, Justin ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33846542489     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2508.2007.00495.x     Document Type: Article

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