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Judicial Reliance on Public Policy: An EmpiricalAnalysis of Products Liability DecisionsJames A. Henderson Jr.Cornell Law School, [email protected]
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Recommended CitationHenderson, James A. Jr., "Judicial Reliance on Public Policy: An Empirical Analysis of Products Liability Decisions" (1991). CornellLaw Faculty Publications. Paper 868.http://scholarship.law.cornell.edu/facpub/868
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