"Jurisdictional politics" in the occupied west bank: Territory, community, and economic dependency in the formation of legal subjects

Law and Social Inquiry

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-74

  Kelly, Tobias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33644844997     PISSN: 08976546     EISSN: 17474469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4469.2006.00002.x     Document Type: Review

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