The impact of judicial opinion language on the transmission of federal circuit court precedents

Law and Society Review

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 127-150

  Hume, Robert J ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 62649157937     PISSN: 00239216     EISSN: 15405893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5893.2009.00369.x     Document Type: Article

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