Compliance: Conceptualizing, Measuring, and Explaining Adherence to Judicial Rulings

Law and Social Inquiry

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 803-835

  Kapiszewski, Diana ^a   Taylor, Matthew M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84885842378     PISSN: 08976546     EISSN: 17474469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4469.2012.01320.x     Document Type: Article

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