Who sues government? Evidence from the Moscow theater hostage case

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 858-885

  Javeline, Debra ^a   Baird, Vanessa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Courts; Judicial politics; Law and society; Litigation; Postcommunism; Procedural justice; Russia

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250188119     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414006292116     Document Type: Article

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