The supreme court's many median justices

American Political Science Review

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 847-866

  Lauderdale, Benjamin E ^a   Clark, Tom S ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84873919601     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055412000469     Document Type: Article

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