Theorizing about trial courts: Lawyers, policymaking, and tobacco litigation

Law and Social Inquiry

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 897-940

  Mather, Lynn ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

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EID: 0032243778     PISSN: 08976546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4469.1998.tb00037.x     Document Type: Article

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