Judicial deference and executive control over administrative agencies

State Politics and Policy Quarterly

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 142-164

  Johnson, Gbemende ^a  

^a HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive politics; Executive judicial interaction; Governors; Judicial politics; Public law

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901281678     PISSN: 15324400     EISSN: 19461607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532440013520243     Document Type: Article

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