Litigation-mania in england, germany and the USA: Are we so very different?

The Cambridge Law Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 233-276

  Markesinis, Basil S ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84974510182     PISSN: 00081973     EISSN: 14692139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0008197300117039     Document Type: Article

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