Beyond therapy: Problem-solving courts and the deliberative democratic state

Law and Social Inquiry

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 853-893

  Mirchandani, Rekha ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 56749186036     PISSN: 08976546     EISSN: 17474469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4469.2008.00126.x     Document Type: Article

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