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Experts Judging Experts: The Role of Expertise in Reviewing Agency Decision Making

  1. Banks Miller1,*,
  2. Brett Curry2,*

Article first published online: 22 MAR 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4469.2012.01296.x

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Law & Social Inquiry

Law & Social Inquiry

Volume 38, Issue 1, pages 55–71, Winter 2013

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Miller, B. and Curry, B. (2013), Experts Judging Experts: The Role of Expertise in Reviewing Agency Decision Making. Law & Social Inquiry, 38: 55–71. doi: 10.1111/j.1747-4469.2012.01296.x

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  1. 1

    University of Texas at Dallas

  2. 2

    Georgia Southern University

* Banks Miller is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Texas at Dallas. He can be reached at millerbp@utdallas.edu.
Brett Curry is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Georgia Southern University. He can be reached at bcurry@georgiasouthern.edu.

  1. The authors thank Larry Baum, Nathan Cristler, and Rich Pacelle for their helpful comments on earlier drafts of this article. A previous version of this work was presented at the 2010 Southern Political Science Association Conference in Atlanta.

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  1. Issue published online: 15 FEB 2013
  2. Article first published online: 22 MAR 2012

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