Costs and cautionary tales: Economic insights for the law

Costs and Cautionary Tales: Economic Insights for the Law

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-334

  Ogus, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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