The privatization of public legal rights: How manufacturers construct the meaning of consumer law

Law and Society Review

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 527-562

  Talesh, Shauhin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 70350025285     PISSN: 00239216     EISSN: 15405893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5893.2009.00381.x     Document Type: Article

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