Judicial Advisory Opinions and Legislative Outcomes in Comparative Perspective
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Versions of this article were presented at the 2000 Conference on the Scientific Study of Judicial Politics (Ohio State University), the 2001 Conference on Positive Theories of Constitutions and Constitutional Design (Mershon Center, Ohio State University), the 2001 Midwest Political Science Association Meeting (Chicago), the 2001 General Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research (Canterbury, England), and at seminars at the Center for Basic Research in the Social Sciences (Harvard University), New York University School of Law, Florida State University, and Texas A&M University. We thank Randy Calvert, Chuck Shipan, and three anonymous reviewers for their comments. We gratefully acknowledge research support from the American Politics Program at Texas A&M University. 1For the exchange of letters, see Jay (1970, 486–488).
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