Conditional strategic retreat: The court's concession in the 1935 gold clause cases

Journal of Politics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 800-816

  Glick, David ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70450210384     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022381609090720     Document Type: Article

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