Legitimacy and the Empowerment of Discretionary Legal Authority: The United States Supreme Court and Abortion Rights

Gregory Mitchell; ;

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Legitimacy and the Empowerment of Discretionary Legal Authority: The United States Supreme Court and Abortion Rights

Gregory Mitchell

CO-AUTHORS Tom M. Tyler

PUBLISHER

Duke Law Journal

DATE

1994

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Gregory Mitchell

Center for Empirical Studies in Law

Citation

Gregory Mitchell & Tom M. Tyler, Legitimacy and the Empowerment of Discretionary Legal Authority: The United States Supreme Court and Abortion Rights, 43 Duke Law Journal, 703–815 (1994).

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