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Not Just a Concept: Institutions and the “Rule of Law”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2009

Lauren Benton
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The Journal of Asian Studies , Volume 68 , Issue 1 , February 2009 , pp. 117 - 122
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Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2009

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