Epistemological dilemmas in the assessment of legal decision making

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 723-730

  MacCoun, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; DECISION MAKING; JURISPRUDENCE; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; RESEARCH; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0033405172     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022353825440     Document Type: Short Survey

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