Politics, Careerism, and the Voluntary Departures of U.S. District Court Judges

American Politics Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 986-1014

  Hansford, Thomas G ^a   Savchak, Elisha Carol ^b   Songer, Donald R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

federal judges; judicial behavior; judicial careers; strategic retirements; U.S. District Courts

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957289132     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X10370735     Document Type: Article

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