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4 - Effects of Translation on the Invisible Power Wielded by Language in the Legal Sphere: The Case of Nepal

from Part II - Imperfect Fit between Legal Categories and Social Discourse

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 December 2017

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Katsuo Nawa
Edited by
Janny H. C. Leung  and
Alan Durant
Janny H. C. Leung
Affiliation:
The University of Hong Kong
Alan Durant
Affiliation:
Middlesex University, London
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Meaning and Power in the Language of Law , pp. 95 - 117
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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