Structure and Relationship in the Jurisprudence of Juries: Comparing the Capital Sentencing and Punitive Damages Doctrines

Darryl K. Brown;

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Structure and Relationship in the Jurisprudence of Juries: Comparing the Capital Sentencing and Punitive Damages Doctrines

Darryl K. Brown

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Hastings Law Journal

DATE

1996

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Darryl K. Brown

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Darryl K. Brown, Structure and Relationship in the Jurisprudence of Juries: Comparing the Capital Sentencing and Punitive Damages Doctrines, 47 Hastings Law Journal 1255–1324 (1996).

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