Three solitudes in contract: Law, data and theory

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 606-616

  MacLeod, W Bentley ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Contract; Employment relationship; Law and economics

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 35748931202     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: 14679485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9485.2007.00432.x     Document Type: Article

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