Tactical Balancing: High Court Decision Making on Politically Crucial Cases

Law and Society Review

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 471-506

  Kapiszewski, Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 79956338163     PISSN: 00239216     EISSN: 15405893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5893.2011.00437.x     Document Type: Article

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