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The Humanity of Private Law – Part I: Explanation by Nicholas J McBride. Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2019, 272 pp (£80.00 hardback). ISBN: 978-1-50-991195-0

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The Humanity of Private Law – Part I: Explanation by Nicholas J McBride. Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2019, 272 pp (£80.00 hardback). ISBN: 978-1-50-991195-0

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 March 2020

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Legal Studies , Volume 40 , Issue 3 , September 2020 , pp. 527 - 529
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