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Building the Bridge from Both Sides of the River: Law and Society and Rational Choice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

Lee Epstein*
Affiliation:
Washington University in St. Louis
Jack Knight
Affiliation:
Washington University in St. Louis
*
Department of Political Science, Washington University, Campus Box 1063, 1 Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130; e-mail: Epstein@artsci.wustl.edu.

Abstract

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Type
Comment on the Presidential Address
Copyright
© 2004 Law and Society Association.

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