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Economic Versus Sociological Approaches to Legal Research: The Case of Bankruptcy

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Sullivan Teresa A., Warren Elizabeth, and Westbrook Jay L., As We Forgive Our Debtors: Bankruptcy and Consumer Credit in America. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. 384 pages. $29.95.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2024

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Copyright © 1991 by The Law and Society Association

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Footnotes

This review essay was written while I was visiting the University of Warsaw. I am grateful to Joseph Sanders and Raymond Nimmer for helpful comments.

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