Preference, Principle, and Political Casuistry

Ideology, Psychology, and Law

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Knowles, Eric D ^a   Ditto, Peter H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Casuistry; Legal reasoning; Normative questions; Preference; Principle; Racial thinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878228914     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199737512.003.0013     Document Type: Chapter

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