Standard fees for legal aid: An empirical analysis of incentives and contracts

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 662-681

  Fenn, Paul ^a   Gray, Alastair ^b   Rickman, Neil ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^d CEPR ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AID; EXPENDITURE; LEGAL SYSTEM; PRICING POLICY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34848892525     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpm015     Document Type: Article

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