Supreme court justices as strategic decision makers: Aggressive grants and defensive denials on the vinson court

The Journal of Politics

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 824-837

  Boucher, Robert L ^a   Segal, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84974277607     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2960195     Document Type: Article

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