Measuring policy content on the U.S. Supreme court

Journal of Politics

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1305-1321

  McGuire, Kevin T ^a   Vanberg, Georg ^a   Smith Jr , Charles E ^b   Caldeira, Gregory A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70450257612     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022381609990107     Document Type: Article

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