Solicitor general influence and agenda setting on the U.S. supreme court

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 765-778

  Black, Ryan C ^a   Owens, Ryan J ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

courts; influence; law; solicitor general

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955228900     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912910388185     Document Type: Article

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