Who Controls the Content of Supreme Court Opinions?

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 400-412

  Carrubba, Cliff ^a   Friedman, Barry ^b   Martin, Andrew D ^c   Vanberg, Georg ^d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 84859831086     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: 15405907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5907.2011.00557.x     Document Type: Article

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