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Crisis, What Crisis? Perception and Reality in Civil Justice

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Bornstein, B.H., Robicheaux, T.R. (2008). Crisis, What Crisis? Perception and Reality in Civil Justice. In: Bornstein, B.H., Wiener, R.L., Schopp, R.F., Willborn, S.L. (eds) Civil Juries and Civil Justice. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-74490-2_1

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