Folk knowledge as legal action: Death penalty judgments and the tenet of early release in a culture of mistrust and punitiveness

Law and Society Review

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 461-505

  Steiner, Benjamin D ^a   Sarat, Austin ^b   Bowers, William J ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033248035     PISSN: 00239216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3115171     Document Type: Article

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