Judicial conformity versus dissidence: An economic analysis of judicial precedent

International Review of Law and Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 405-420

  Harnay, Sophie ^a,b   Marciano, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

Author keywords

Adoption externalities; Judicial conformity; Judicial insertion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0742306521     PISSN: 01448188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.irle.2003.07.004     Document Type: Article

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