An Economic Analysis of the American and the Continental Rule for Allocating Legal Costs

European Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 115-125

  Van Wijck, Peter ^a   Van Velthoven, Ben ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allocation of legal costs; Litigation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009909908     PISSN: 09291261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018722600768     Document Type: Article

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