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Law and the media

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    Valerie P. Hans

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I would like to thank Margaret Andersen, Dan Slater, and Ron Roesch for their helpful comments on an earlier version of this essay.

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Hans, V.P. Law and the media. Law Hum Behav 14, 399–407 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01044219

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