Reasoned decisions and legal theory

Common Law Theory

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 134-170

  Dyzenhaus, David ^a   Taggart, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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EID: 84927034304     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511551116.006     Document Type: Chapter

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