Newspaper coverage of automotive product liability verdicts

Law and Society Review

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 93-122

  Garber, Steven ^a   Bower, Anthony G ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033239321     PISSN: 00239216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3115097     Document Type: Article

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