Protecting producers from consumer protection: The politics of products liability reform in Japan

Social Science Japan Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 249-266

  Maclachlan, Patricia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 0039729910     PISSN: 13691465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ssjj/2.2.249     Document Type: Article

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