Evidentiary standards and information acquisition in public law

American Law and Economics Review

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 351-387

  Stephenson, Matthew C ^a  

^a HARVARD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 58149129708     PISSN: 14657252     EISSN: 14657260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aler/ahn011     Document Type: Article

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