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Legal Design as a Thing: A Theory of Change and a Set of Methods to Craft a Human-Centered Legal System
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- Authors
- Hagan, M.
- Corresponding author
- Hagan, Margaret
- ORCID
- Hagan, Margaret
- Venue
- Design Issues
- Publisher
- MIT Press - Journals
- Published
- 2020-06
- Volume
- 36
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 3-15
- ISSN
- 0747-9360 (ISSN-L)
- 1531-4790
- OpenAlex
- W3038045576
- Cited by
- 83
- References
- 4
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 22 · 2024: 29 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 4
- FWCI
- 6.40
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Design Issues (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management of Technology and Innovation › Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
- Social Sciences › Law › Law in Society and Culture
- Keywords
- legal design, human-centered design, legal system design, theory of change, design methods, legal reform
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