Jury Nullification: The Influence of Judicial Instruction on the Relationship Between Attitudes and Juridic Decision-Making

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 243-254

  Meissner, Christian A ^a   Brigham, John C ^b   Pfeifer, Jeffrey E ^c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

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EID: 0042880920     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15324834BASP2503_07     Document Type: Article

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