Professionals or politicians: The uncertain empirical case for an elected rather than appointed judiciary

Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 290-336

  Choi, Stephen J ^a   Gulati, G Mitu ^b   Posner, Eric A ^c,d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Department of Economics   (United States)

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EID: 77953827681     PISSN: 87566222     EISSN: 14657341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jleo/ewn023     Document Type: Article

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