The Journey to Comprehensibility: Court Forms as the First Barrier to Accessing Justice.

The Journey to Comprehensibility: Court Forms as the First Barrier to Accessing Justice.
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DOI:
10.1007/s11196-021-09870-6
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发表时间:
2022
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International journal for the semiotics of law = Revue internationale de semiotique juridique
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通讯作者:
Morton R
Morton R
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其他
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作者:
Grieshofer Née Tkacukova T;Gee M;Morton R

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