Reconciliation and revenge in post-apartheid South Africa: Rethinking legal pluralism and human rights

Current Anthropology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 75-98

  Wilson, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0005768925     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/300104     Document Type: Article

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