Moving beyond numbers: What female judges say about different judicial voices

Journal of Women, Politics and Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 527-559

  Miller, Susan L ^a   Maier, Shana L ^b  

^a WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Female judges; Gendered voices; Jurisprudence

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849123177     PISSN: 1554477X     EISSN: 15544788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15544770802092691     Document Type: Article

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