Judging the best interests of the child: Judges' accounts of the tender years doctrine

Law and Society Review

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 769-806

  Artis, Julie E ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 10844221481     PISSN: 00239216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0023-9216.2004.00066.x     Document Type: Review

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