Contrastive causation in the law

Legal Theory

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 259-297

  Schaffer, Jonathan ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 85011465007     PISSN: 13523252     EISSN: 14698048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1352325210000224     Document Type: Article

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