Conjectures and exhumations: Citations of history, philosophy and sociology of science in US federal courts

Law and Literature

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 309-366

  Edmond, Gary ^a   Mercer, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

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EID: 34248995323     PISSN: 1535685X     EISSN: 15412601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/lal.2002.14.2.309     Document Type: Note

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