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Cornell Law Library Scholarship@Cornell Law: A Digital Repository Cornell Law Faculty Publications Faculty Scholarship 6-1991 Judicial Reliance on Public Policy: An Empirical Analysis of Products Liability Decisions James A. Henderson Jr. Cornell Law School, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: hp://scholarship.law.cornell.edu/facpub Part of the Courts Commons , Litigation Commons , Products Liability Commons , Public Law and Legal eory Commons , and the Torts Commons is Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Faculty Scholarship at Scholarship@Cornell Law: A Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Cornell Law Faculty Publications by an authorized administrator of Scholarship@Cornell Law: A Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Recommended Citation Henderson, James A. Jr., "Judicial Reliance on Public Policy: An Empirical Analysis of Products Liability Decisions" (1991). Cornell Law Faculty Publications. Paper 868. hp://scholarship.law.cornell.edu/facpub/868

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Cornell Law LibraryScholarship@Cornell Law: A Digital Repository

Cornell Law Faculty Publications Faculty Scholarship

6-1991

Judicial Reliance on Public Policy: An EmpiricalAnalysis of Products Liability DecisionsJames A. Henderson Jr.Cornell Law School, [email protected]

Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarship.law.cornell.edu/facpubPart of the Courts Commons, Litigation Commons, Products Liability Commons, Public Law

and Legal Theory Commons, and the Torts Commons

This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Faculty Scholarship at Scholarship@Cornell Law: A Digital Repository. It has beenaccepted for inclusion in Cornell Law Faculty Publications by an authorized administrator of Scholarship@Cornell Law: A Digital Repository. Formore information, please contact [email protected].

Recommended CitationHenderson, James A. Jr., "Judicial Reliance on Public Policy: An Empirical Analysis of Products Liability Decisions" (1991). CornellLaw Faculty Publications. Paper 868.http://scholarship.law.cornell.edu/facpub/868

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