Consumer Protection in the United States: Procedural Consumer Protection Programs and Devices in the United States : Administrative Agency Control, Class Suits, Small Claims CourtsInstitute of Intellectual Property and Market Law, Stockholm University, 1982 - Class actions (Civil procedure) - 98 pages |
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