Litigation and Legal Mobilization

The Oxford Handbook of Law and Politics

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  McCann, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Group struggle; Law; Legal mobilization; Litigation; Micropolitics; Social reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870884155     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199208425.003.0030     Document Type: Chapter

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