Designing a moot court: What to do, what not to do, and suggestions for how to do it

PS - Political Science and Politics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 459-465

  Ringel, Lewis S ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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