Where You Stand Depends on Who Sits: Platform Promises and Judicial Gatekeeping in the Federal District Courts

The Journal of Politics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 175-185

  Rowland, C K ^a   Todd, Bridget Jeffery ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84928441448     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2131726     Document Type: Article

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