Managerial judges: An economic analysis of the judicial management of legal discovery

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 305-323

  Schrag, Joel L ^a  

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EID: 0033445465     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2556082     Document Type: Article

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