INSIGHTFUL OR WISHFUL: Lawyers' Ability to Predict Case Outcomes

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• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  Psychology, Public Policy and Law

• Publication date

  2010-05-01

• Fields of study

  Law, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1037/A0019060
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