Bound to one's own words? Early defenses and their binding effects in different criminal cases

Law and Social Inquiry

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-39

  Scheffer, Thomas ^a   Hannken Illjes, Kati ^b   Kozin, Alex ^c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Emmy Noether Group   (Germany)

^c NONE

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EID: 33847360138     PISSN: 08976546     EISSN: 17474469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4469.2007.00048.x     Document Type: Review

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