Selling Suffering in The Courtroom and Marketplace: An Analysis of the Autobiography of Kiranjit Ahluwalia

Political and Legal Anthropology Review

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 24-41

  Ticktin, Miriam ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33244460977     PISSN: 10816976     EISSN: 15552934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/pol.1999.22.1.24     Document Type: Article

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