The english rule for allocating legal costs: Evidence confronts theory

Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 345-380

  Snyder, Edward A ^a   Hughes, James W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

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