Trials of strength: The reconfiguration of litigation as a contested terrain

Law and Society Review

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 595-636

  Boon, Andy ^a   Flood, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033233631     PISSN: 00239216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3115105     Document Type: Article

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