Chapter 5 Empirical Study of the Civil Justice System

Handbook of Law and Economics

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 343-402

  Kessler, Daniel P ^a   Rubinfeld, Daniel L ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

civil justice; civil litigation; contract; empirical; litigation; property; tort

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649381835     PISSN: 15740730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-0730(07)01005-5     Document Type: Review

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