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Explorations in Difference: Law, Culture, and PoliticsJonathan Hart and Richard W. Bauman, eds., Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1996, 246 pp.
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- Canadian Journal of Law and Society / La Revue Canadienne Droit et Société , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , Fall/automne 1996 , pp. 262 - 267
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- Copyright © Canadian Law and Society Association 1996
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