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Notes for the Contributors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 1999

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Communications concerning Articles and Shorter Articles (which must not exceed 4,000 words, including footnotes) should be addressed to the Editor, Mr. M.J. Prichard, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, 10 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DZ; those concerning Notes to Mrs. C.A. Hopkins, Girton College, Cambridge CB3 0JG.

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The Cambridge Law Journal , Volume 58 , Issue 3 , November 1999 , pp. 665 - 668
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Copyright © The Cambridge Law Journal and Contributors, 1999

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Specific page references. Use “p.” where the page reference stands alone, but substitute a comma where a full citation to a case or article is given. Ibid., at p. 436. [1908] 2 K.B. 454, 458.Google Scholar
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