How Markets Work: The Lawyer's Version

G. Mitu Gulati; ;

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How Markets Work: The Lawyer's Version

G. Mitu Gulati

CO-AUTHORS Mark C. Weidemaier

PUBLISHER

Emerald

DATE

2013

UVA Law Faculty Affiliations

G. Mitu Gulati

Citation

G. Mitu Gulati & Mark C. Weidemaier, How Markets Work: The Lawyer's Version, in Bettina Lange, Dania Thomas, & Austin Sarat From Economy to Society? Perspectives on Transnational Risk Regulation (Studies in Law, Politics, and Society, Vol. 62), Emerald, 107-134 (2013).

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