Panel composition and voting on the u.s. courts of appeals over time

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 377-391

  Kastellec, Jonathan P ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Courts of appeals; Judging; Panel composition; Panel effects; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956343640     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912909356889     Document Type: Article

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