Constructing legal rules on appellate courts

American Political Science Review

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 591-604

  Lax, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 34547478285     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055407070347     Document Type: Article

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