Is Delaware Losing its Cases?

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 605-656

  Armour, John ^a   Black, Bernard ^b   Cheffins, Brian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84864930121     PISSN: 17401453     EISSN: 17401461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-1461.2012.01268.x     Document Type: Article

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