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Adversarial Legalism and Civil Litigation: Prospects for Change

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Joseph Sanders
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Review Symposium on Kagan's Adversarial Legalism: The American Way of Law
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Law & Social Inquiry , Volume 28 , Issue 3 , Summer 2003 , pp. 719 - 741
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Copyright © American Bar Foundation, 2003 

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