The passive arbiter: Litigants in person and the challenge to neutrality

Social and Legal Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 405-424

  Moorhead, Richard ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adjudication; Judging; Judicial management; Litigants in person; Pro se litigants

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547884650     PISSN: 09646639     EISSN: 14617390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0964663907079766     Document Type: Article

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