The evolution of a legal rule

Journal of Legal Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 325-358

  Niblett, Anthony ^a   Posner, Richard A ^a   Shleifer, Andrei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79951941121     PISSN: 00472530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/652908     Document Type: Article

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