Doing courts justice? Studying judicial politics in Latin America

Perspectives on Politics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 741-767

  Kapiszewski, Diana ^a   Taylor, Matthew M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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EID: 56249089351     PISSN: 15375927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1537592708081899     Document Type: Article

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