Panel composition and judicial compliance on the US courts of appeals

Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 421-441

  Kastellec, Jonathan P ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

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EID: 35648982542     PISSN: 87566222     EISSN: 14657341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jleo/ewm026     Document Type: Article

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