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Book Title: Year in the Life of the Supreme Court
Item Length: 0.4in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 0.2in
Author: Rodney A. Smolla
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: American Government / Judicial Branch, Constitutional, General, Courts
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication Year: 1995
Genre: Law, Political Science
Item Weight: 20.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 312 Pages
