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Civil Litigation in the United States, 1977-1979

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Principal Investigator(s): Kritzer, Herbert M.; Trubek, David M.; Felstiner, William L.F.; Grossman, Joel B.; Sarat, Austin

Summary: The Civil Litigation Research Project, based at the University of Wisconsin Law School, was organized in 1979 to develop a large database on dispute processing and litigation and to collect information on the costs of civil litigation. Data were gathered on topics such as negotiation proceedings, relationship between lawyer and client, and organizations' influence on the outcome of a dispute. (view full summary)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07994.v3

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