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Book Title: Federal Judiciary : Strengths and Weaknesses
Item Length: 0.9in
Item Height: 0.1in
Item Width: 0.6in
Author: Richard A. Posner
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: American Government / Judicial Branch, Judicial Power, General, Jurisprudence, Courts
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication Year: 2017
Genre: Law, Political Science
Item Weight: 28.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 464 Pages
