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Part III - Judicial Policymaking and the Modern State

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 April 2019

Rosann Greenspan
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Hadar Aviram
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University of California, Hastings College of the Law
Jonathan Simon
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The Legal Process and the Promise of Justice
Studies Inspired by the Work of Malcolm Feeley
, pp. 191 - 286
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